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North High School Run Time: 59:04 + 1-lap kick Sunny, but cold and windy. Too nice to not run, not too nice to run. The track was deserted – my favorite. I normally do not travel on Sundays, but this week I have to be home Thursday, so I drove to the location of myContinue reading “Davenport, IA”

Scranton Middle School Run time: 58:14 + 2-minute kick It was sunny in Brighton. Who could have predicted? I actually never ran on the Scranton Middle School track, but if I ever stay in Brighton again, I will. It looked very nice. Plus there were trails through the school grounds woods. I thought it wasContinue reading “Brighton, MI”

Avondale High School Running time: 58:12 + 1-lap kick A cold, windy track run. No stairs. The bleachers were slick and aluminum and not very accessible. It felt good, though, to just stretch out and run laps, like I used to at the junior high track near our home in Oregon. I tried Pontiac HighContinue reading “Auburn Hills, MI”

Mount Pleasant High School Run time: 58:10 + 1-lap kick Another lonely winter track, with leaves piled onto walkways, and mats laid across the track for the football players to access the field. This one had cement grandstands on both sides, so I ran a lot of stairs. The grandstands were built on human-made hills,Continue reading “Mount Pleasant, MI”

Ben Franklin Junior High School Run time: 57:48.5 + 1-lap kick You get to the hotel after a long day of driving and sales visits, and you have just enough time for half a run before darkness falls, so you pull out the phone and look for a running track, and you find one, andContinue reading “Stevens Point, WI”

Ashwaubenon High School Run time: 57:46.5 + 1-lap kick Another dusk track run, another upscale high school. This is only a few miles from historic Lambeau Field, where the Packers play. I was never a Packers fan, though I never rooted strongly against them either. I watch little football these days. The racism of theContinue reading “Ashwaubenon, WI”

Pewaukee High School Run time: 57:44.5 + 1-lap kick Last trip of the year, first real winter trip. It got cold in Idaho last month, and there was snow, but it still felt like late fall. It is the early darkness that seems so stark this week. The photos do not do it justice, becauseContinue reading “Pewaukee, WI”

Decker Lake Park Run time – 57:31 + 2-minute kick This pocket of Salt Lake City might be the Mormon Slums. The hotel was right next to I-215, tucked into a barely accessible mini-neighborhood with two sketchy apartment complexes and a facility with a very high cyclone fence, the kind that inverts in a largeContinue reading “West Valley City, UT”

Sandcreek Middle School Run Time: 57:29.5 + 2-minute kick First snow run and first night run on the year. The lady at the Hertz counter in SLC wisely recommended an upgrade from a compact to an AWD mini-SUV. Woke up in the morning to 27-degree weather but did not see snow till I got upContinue reading “Idaho Falls, ID”

Kiwanis Park Run time 57:14.5 + 2-minute kick It was windy in Galesburg. I know – surprise, surprise. We used to live in the Eastern suburbs of Portland, near the entrance to the Columbia Gorge, and we would get the east wind a lot, but it was intermittent. These Northern Central states – they seemContinue reading “Galesburg, IL”