Author Archives: nicholaskemper

Local streets Run Time: 61:20 + 2-minute kick One thing I found insufficient reason to do in Seymour was to see more of it. I have given up on the idea of driving to a trail or track to run. I don’t like having car keys and a wallet on my person while I amContinue reading “Seymour, IN”

George Rogers Clark Middle School Run Time: 61:18 + 2-minute kick I actually did not find George Rogers Clark Middle School until late in the run, and it was unintentional. There was a different school not far away, and I risked a half-mile down a country-ish road with no sidewalks to be blocked by aContinue reading “Vincennes, IN”

The High School of St. Thomas More Run Time: 61:16 + 2-minute kick Sometimes you just have good luck. I chose the Microtel Inn for its location just off the highway, and for its relatively low cost. There was nothing around it but fields, a single service station, and this upper-middle-class high school with aContinue reading “Champaign, IL”

Sidewalks behind hotel Run Time: 61:06 + 2-minute kick I chose this hotel location for its proximity to the airport, but the neighborhood was a strange combination of new construction, open fields, people sleeping in cars, and construction sites. The hotels were all new. Behind the hotels were new houses and houses still being built.Continue reading “Denver, CO”

Unnamed Bike Trail Run Time: 61:04 + 2-minute kick At first glance Alliance did not impress. A light drizzle and dark clouds greeted me at the end of a long drive from Ft. Pierre, SD. The hotel was old and somewhat rundown, and when the clerk told me the WiFi was out, that further dampenedContinue reading “Alliance, NE”

Casper Rail Trail Run Time 61:02 + 2-minute kick Dry, windy, high-altitude, hot, dusty – felt like I was running in a Sergio Leone film. I should have played just Morricone soundtrack music in my headphones. Plus I was on an old railroad grade between I-25 and Hwy 20/26, so it was the antithesis ofContinue reading “Casper, WY”

Rock Springs Junior High School Run Time: 61:00 + 2-minute kick Hello, Altitude, my old friend. The first of four runs in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The high altitude applies mostly to Wyoming. This was also the hottest of the runs, but some clouds moved in and made it rather pleasant. The school wasContinue reading “Rock Springs, WY”

Tukwila Interurban/Green River Trails Run Time: 60:28 + 2-minute kick This was a great day all around. I hit all 5 of my sales stops and had quality visits, plus made it to 3 more optional stops. It was one of those perfect summer days in the Northwest – 75 degrees, sunny, light breeze. RainContinue reading “Tukwila, WA”

Sunrise Ridge Park Run Time: 60:26 + 2-minute kick I finally found the nice slice of Surrey. My previous trips here have unimpressed. I could not tell by looking at the phone map that the greenspace with the trail was a higher elevation than the houses on either side. The word “Ridge” should have givenContinue reading “Surrey, BC”

North Middle School Run Time 60:24 + 2-minute kick My semi-annual west coast swing. Flew through Dallas to Seattle. You really see the different ends of the chaos spectrum visiting Grand Rapids, Dallas, and Seattle airports all in the same day. Flying out of Grand Rapids is like levitating from a zen garden compared toContinue reading “Everett, WA”