Santa Nella CA

Today I ran 3.5 miles at tempo pace just north of the Pilot Truckstop in Santa Nella CA.

The idea has occurred to me that this blog would be a great forum for keeping track of where are good places to exercise around truckstops.

The area just north of the truckstop has a loop that has a continuous sidewalk around the whole block. The area was leveled for development, but only has a Subway and a gas station on one corner. One lap is 0.7 miles. No grade on the run at all.

I may think of other categories later, but for now:

Safety: Good. It is in a wide open area, no running through shrubs or near places criminals can hide in. Little or no traffic on two of the sides. No streets to cross.

Pet factor: good, most of the area is open fields.

Scenery factor: Nice view of the Diablo Range to the west. Flat farmland and Interstate 5 nearby.

52 degrees, mostly cloudy

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Salt Lake City UT

While doing some minor repairs on our truck, I took some time to put in an easy mile around the Flying J truckstop.

Grand Island NE

 

The Bosselman's truckstop is only a mile away from a state recreation area. My legs were still a bit sore from yesterday's run, but I ran over to the park, to the end of the lake, and back to the truckstop. 2.4 miles, two chigger bites, one appreciative glance from a girl in a pickup with low standards, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Oak Grove KY

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The sun rose over a cool and fresh Nashville as I hooked a trailerload of tires.
"A perfect morning for a run," I thought as we rolled north out of town toward Chicago.

By the time I parked the truck at the Flying J in Oak Grove KY, the sun was well up with the temperature in the mid-sixties.
I ran about three miles into town and back again. Not quite at six miles when I reached the truck, I took a lap around the truckstop to finish at 6.2 miles.

The farmers have been harvesting corn in this area. Cindy and I enjoy this time of year, watching the harvest crews work their way across the country.

Beto Junction KS

This morning we had a load that needed to go 2600 miles in about 49 hours. Not much extra time for running.

I did, however, run a fast mile after fueling at the T/A Truckstop in Beto Junction KS. On my first lap I got the usual response from the drivers starting their day. They stared in horrid fastination at the chubby, half-naked runner in their midst. On the second pass, though, the same drivers greeted me brightly.

Cindy thinks they just needed a little time to get used to the idea.

Mill City NV

Our truck needed an oil change today, so I did some desert running. OK, it was actually down the frontage road of I-80, but it was in the desert.

The plan was to run 5 miles, but a large, unchained monster of a dog whoofed me before I reached 2.5 miles. By the time I got back to the truck I was at four miles and called it a day.