Two days in a row of running? I’m nothing if not a weekend warrior. This time, Carly and I got in a 4-miler in North Minneapolis, starting down by the Port of Minneapolis, downwind from where the city’s garbage trucks are stored. Our noses knew that much. The view from there consists of many piles [...]
I went out for my first run on Saturday after having back surgery last month. It turns out that not running since July doesn’t do anything to improve my running shape, but the good news is that it didn’t hurt my back one bit. I kicked things off just south of Lake Nokomis at Longfellow [...]
I did a run from downtown near The Carlyle to and through the Harrison Neighborhood back on the 10th. That’s The Carlyle, one of the higher end condo developments in downtown. Looks like you could pick up a place for under $300k on the 9th floor, or, if you need a bit more space and [...]
Carly and her parents joined me for a run through Stevens Square to Lake of the Isles with a bonus tour on Groveland to the Walker Art Center. Starting at the sound wall along 4th Ave S at 24th, we headed west toward Lake of the Isles. Washburn Fair Oaks Park was starting to green [...]
Carly and I got in a run in Northeast Minneapolis as the snow started to fall on Sunday. Fire Station #2 was our starting point in the Sheridan Neighborhood (Here’s a link to a recent interview with Sheridan Neighborhood resident, James Lyndsay) I think it’s safe to assume that that is not the original building. [...]
Back on Feb 6th, Carly and I ran Girard & Fremont Avenues in North Minneapolis starting from 44th and heading south through the Webber-Camden and Folwell neighborhoods. Highlights of this run include many barbershops, churches, and mosques. One of the first sights in Girard was some mid-block shoefiti. What’s that all about? The North Regional [...]
I was up in the Shingle Creek neighborhood of Minneapolis for a 7 mile or so run on Saturday. The homes above are pretty representative of what’s in Shingle Creek. They went up in the 1950′s, making it one of the youngest communities in the city. Cool neighborhood sign. The southern border of Shingle Creek [...]
Shek, Carly and I knocked off Nokomis and 30th Aves South on Sunday, passing through the Nokomis neighborhoods Keewaydin, Wenonah, Standish and Ericsson neighborhoods. Heading south on 30th Ave from Minnehaha Parkway, we passed the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association HQ at 50th St E. A couple blocks further south, I spotted some shoefiti on a [...]
I have a few more blocks to go in the Longfellow neighborhood before I’ve closed off everything to the east of Hiawatha. Heading North on 32nd Ave S, I passed Walgreens at E Lake St. This place is great if you’re not in a hurry to pick up a prescription. But, they do have text [...]
Carly and I ran 27th and 30th Aves N on Sunday. But, before getting to those two blocks, I had to finish up the Eastern end of 26th Ave N starting from Bryant. That’s where I took myself out while running with The Other Mike by spraining my ankle in March 2009. I couldn’t find [...]
