Author Archives: nicholaskemper

Perry Canyon Trail Run Time: 63:22 + 2-minute kick A return to Utah, to elevation, to desert sunshine. Felt great to be in the arid heights. I miss seeing the Wasatch Mountains from the back yard, although we enjoy stunning sunsets regularly on our Michigan deck. Utah is probably a better place to visit thanContinue reading “Perry, UT”

West Fargo High School Run Time: 38:18 + 1-lap kick These photos refer to places I tried to run between Minot and Fargo that did not work out. No need for photos of West Fargo High School’s track — I shared those 2 weeks ago. I left Minot around noon with no more sales stopsContinue reading “Back to the Fargo, Episode 2”

Esterhazy High School Run Time: 63:18 + 2-minute kick Esterhazy is a small Canadian town where one of our distributors has a two-person outpost. It is near the western border of Manitoba, where I had spent most of the day in Winnipeg and Brandon, on my way over to Saskatoon and Regina. My stopover inContinue reading “Esterhazy, SK”

City Streets and Sidewalks Run Time: 48:13 + 2-minute kick Doesn’t Willow Lake look like a perfect body of water around which to run? On Street view you could see a path going all the way around the lake, even cutting across one section on some sort of bridge, which you can see in theContinue reading “Vadnais Heights, MN”

West Fargo High School Run Time: 63:12 + 2-minute kick Got to the hotel early enough, and felt good enough, and got weather nice enough to do a full run. What a godsend! Not that gods had anything to do with it. It’s all random, but random works out sometimes. I had a feeling thatContinue reading “Fargo, ND”

Unnamed Trail Run Time: 38:05 + 2-minute kick If Wall Drug thinks I am going to cave to the thousand-billboard marketing ploy, they are wrong. I have no desire to find out if they really still have 5-cent coffee. I do not want to check out the giant Jackelope sculpture. I took a photo ofContinue reading “Wall, SD”

Keystone Trail Run Time: 33:04 + 2-minute kick Back in Omaha. I believe this is my third run here, maybe fourth. I tried to get away from Downtown and the Airport for this hotel stay. I got lucky that there was a cement trail about a mile away. It was no picnic, but picnics areContinue reading “Omaha, NE”

North High School Run Time 32:53 + 1-lap kick The first time I have repeated a run. I was here in the fall. My hotel was closer that time. Got to the hotel relatively late, so just a partial run, but I amped up the velocity, so it was good. The sun was just aboutContinue reading “Davenport, IA”

Iowa Central Community College Campus Run Time: 42:47 + 2-minute kick Windy but unseasonably warm. Earlier, while driving in short sleeves, I had to turn the fan on cool to stay comfortable. The sun was heating up the rental car interior like it was June, not February. It was still upper forties when I got to the hotel.  FortContinue reading “Fort Dodge, IA”