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Saller Woods Trails Run Time: 61:40 + 2-minute kick Burlington is a small community, and I was staying at another AmericInn, half of which was under construction. The desk clerk was nice, but it was her second day, and the credit card reader was not working, and she had to call her boss and getContinue reading “Burlington, WI”

Proviso West High School Run Time 61:38 + 2-minute kick Still stuck in Chicagoland. This was not a bad community. I cut through the back parking lot of a Best Buy or something similar, crossed the tracks, and zigzagged through a residential pocket to get to a gloriously empty high school track with cement grandstandsContinue reading “Hillside, IL”

Business Park Lake Loop Run Time: 61:36 + 2-minute kick Somewhat confined by the urban sprawl of the Chicago area, and trying to adhere to my policy of no driving to a run location, I settled on a paved path that looped around two man-made “lakes” in a business park a block away from theContinue reading “Tinley Park, IL”

Brebeuf Jesuit High School Run Time: 61:22 + 2-minute kick Another lucky find within walking distance of the hotel. I had to navigate some busy city streets at rush hour to get to the school, but it was an oasis. An upscale private high school with beautiful grounds and a new track. There was constructionContinue reading “Indianapolis, IN”

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”