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Gay Lea Wilson Trail Run Time: 59:08 + 2-minute kick This was an unexpected find. I was planning to run at a local high school, but there was track practice. The middle school track across the street was all locked up. A paved trail around a lake on the nearby community college campus looked promising,Continue reading “Ankeny, IA”

Prairie Lake Park Run Time: 59:06 + 2-minute kick The park was conveniently located about two minutes away from the hotel. The path was paved, but the grass alongside the path was runnable. There were quite a few walkers – I think the relatively spring-like weather brought them out. It was still cool with theContinue reading “Cedar Falls, IA”

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”