I’ve been pretty consistent about jogging in the mornings. It’s nice to do in Nebraska because things are kind of flat and you don’t come across many drug addicts while you’re jogging.
Here is my route in pictures:
I start by running North. At least I’m pretty sure it’s north. The sun rises to the right of this direction.
After turning left, I run past this patch of flowers. It always helps me keep going.
A little further down, I run through this tunnel carved into a weeping willow. I always dodge the hanging leaves because I’m paranoid that a tick will jump onto my head.
Just past the willow is my favorite stretch of road. It’s wide open and slightly downhill. I turn left at the next road up.
After crossing some railroad tracks, I angle past the fairgrounds. I saw a giant snapping turtle on this road one morning. It gave me the jibblies.
Next I jog past the Hughes Brothers factory. I don’t know exactly what they do there, but it’s loud and has something to do with metal.
Beyond Hughes Brothers is a heartbreaking stretch of uphill jogging. I just keep saying, “Come on, Brad! *gasp* Come on, Brad! *gasp*”
My route goes through downtown Seward next. I turn left at the white and yellow building. That is the very same building Kelly’s Paradise is in.
I stop jogging and start walking here. Lloyd and Lauren’s house is the one with the second basketball hoop. There is a small cat at the house directly to my left.
My destination. I go directly to the water cooler for a drink, then turn to my daily activities.
I wondered what had become of your jogging. Nice going! If you want to know how far that is, you can go to
Map My Ride. You just plug in your route, and it makes a little google map and tells you how far you went. I think you could even put Kelly’s Paradise on there.Before I offer hearty congratulations on your self-discipline, may I say thank you for starting my day with a spontaneous uncontrollable guffaw: “…things are kind of flat [in Nebraska]”. No fooling! I recall a memorable 10-hour car ride from RF to Seward for CIT in the late ’70’s…first trek, where a friend drove the whole way…and after hours of endless flatness and the absence of anything even closely resembling scenery, one of us leaped to grab at the dashboard and shout facetiously “THERE’S SO MUCH TO SEE!!” If Lutherans had purgatory….
But seriously, you are being far more faithful in your jogging than I in my summer walking routine. Keep it up, Neighbor – I’ll be eager to see a rock-hard calf or something at the end of the summer now.
It’s not all flat. In Nebraska’s defense, if you had a completely flat, almost straight stretch that ran all the way across the state, wouldn’t you put your interstate there?
Touche’! Point Nebraska.
Carol, I’ve made a similiar trip, and I have to say that the majority of your time was spent in IOWA (I Owe the World an Apology). Driving across Iowa is a horribly flat and painfully boring trip. Once you cross the Iowa/Nebraska border it’s a relatively quick jaunt to Seward.
*pant* *pant* It’s almost like I was there with you. Let me just check my heart rate.
I’m glad that our town doesn’t always smell like cow urine. Our courthouse building is actually a giant air freshener.
“One day for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I’d run to the end of town. And when I got there …”
Come on Brad, you can do it, jog home!
I need the names of the streets – you know, 1st Street, 2nd Street, … 12th Street.
North on 7th Street to Hillcrest. West on Hillcrest (which turns to Bluff Road) to Fairgrounds. South on Fairgrounds. Cross the railroad tracks (on an un-named access road) to 14th. Continue south on 14th Street to Seward St. East on Seward to 7th. North on 7th Street to 663 N. 7th. Done.
If you go to mapquest.com and pull up Seward, these roads are all on the west edge of town.
14th? Really? Brad told me that they only went up to 12th! I guess this jogging opened up a whole new world for him!
In his defense, there are no houses on any street beyond 12th street. They’re only named 14th and 15th for the sake of the volunteer fire department…so no one really knows that they’re called 14th and 15th because no one lives there, they’re just low maintenance roads on the edge of town.
Here it is, all mapped out. Does it look right?Yup. You got it just right. 😀
I noticed that there are a lot of routes in there for Seward.
There are actually a relatively large number of runners and walkers in Seward for our population. It’s a great town for both becasue there are sidewalks everywhere, a nice bake path on the entire east side of town, and only state highways (no interstates), so the streets aren’t busy with fast traffic (or any traffice for that matter). The number is also higher because of Concordia – lots of college runners.
“A tick will jump on your head”? And hide where?
Heh!
Does Brad have ear hair? I’ve never noticed. Maybe they could hide there.
Don’t get him started on his ear hair!