Normal, everyday run today.
http://runkeeper.com/user/SethLK/activity/16116942#

I always love it when this song comes on though. It's my favorite running song.
Once again the official video is not embedable and I can't stand remake videos so I'm going with the live version.

Glacial River Trail: Fort Atkinson, WI

The Glacial River Trail in Ft Atkinson is a nice 8.5 mile one way trail that basically goes along Hwy 26 from downtown Ft Atkinson  in a southwesterly direction. Full disclosure, I did not start at the very beginning of the trail. I have a good parking spot at a park that is about a half mile from the beginning so there is .5 miles that I have not run on this trail. I'm going to go ahead and say that I did the whole thing anyway. If that bothers you, I apologize but not really. Let's see the trail!

The first mile goes down Janesville (I think?) Rd past some baseball fields and the world famous Fireside Theater. There's some nice junk art along the way. It should be said that this is mainly a bike trail but I can run farther than most people can bike. It takes a little over a mile to get out of town.

Leaving Fort Atkinson and heading out to the countryside. Out of the picture on the right side you get to go past the lovely water treatment plant. The smell is much more noticeable on the way back in to town.

It's not that bad really.

After three or so miles on a nice paved trail going out of town there is a mile or so on a country road which makes some nice scenery of old barns and rolling hills. 

Entering back onto the trail at 4.5 miles. No horses allowed. I always run with my phone (with ipod and runkeeper) in a ziplock bag so I'm happy that it made an appearance in this picture.

The trail continues along, paved for only a couple more miles before dissolving into gravel. The scenery stays pretty much the same. It is a nice, tree-lined lane the whole way.

It's an easy run for the miles because it's just an out and back and flat almost the whole way but never boring. Very fun and good for running without thinking too much about it.

This bridge is not the end.

But only a half mile past is the end. There is a mileage post next to this sign but I covered the lens with my finger on that picture. I was really excited to get to the end of the trail. I haven't run an entire trail in a couple years. My excitement was brief because I soon realized I had another eight miles back to my car.

There are some Indian Mounds along the way on this trail. I was very tempted to take a detour to view the mounds because they're a rare treat. But then I remembered that I has beer waiting for me at home and I wanted to get to that so I skipped the mounds for now.

Getting back into town. Almost done.

Fun time run. It's also the longest I run since the Madison Marathon which was on Memorial Day of this year. So I guess I took the whole summer off. Now I'm standing at Labor Day and figuring it's time to get serious about running once again. Here's the route:

http://runkeeper.com/user/SethLK/activity/15984732

Also, it helps when you get a killer saxophone solo during a long run:

Lake Loop

The most perfect running loop in the city, with the most perfect weather makes for a great run. I started the Lake Loop at Lake Park on the eastern side of downtown Milwaukee. It's a great part of the trail that goes through wooded parks, a golf course, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and of course Lake Michigan.

Lake Park Golf Course is a fun little par three. 

North Point is like the oldest lighthouse in the world or something. I thought the bridge was cooler than the lighthouse.

The trail starts up above Lake Michigan and goes behind the tennis courts on Lincoln Memorial. It's a really nice part of the trail because you're right in downtown with the high rise buildings right on top of you, but the tree canopy gives a nice cover.

You also get to pass many Milwaukee landmarks like the art museum,

Summerfest grounds and that one bridge,

and Bradford Beach

It was a great run. Can't wait to do it again.

http://runkeeper.com/user/SethLK/activity/15848205#

Oak Leaf Trail Continued

Killed three more miles off this trail today. That does not include the one mile it takes for me to get there at the Wauwatosa Village bridge and two miles to get back home. Today I turned west at St John's, which is exactly one mile from my house. This took me through Hoyt Park, down Swan Blvd, and past Hansen Golf Course. The trail continues west at Watertown Plank Rd but I had to turn east and go two more miles to get home. I only took one picture, behind the Wisconsin Lutheran College football field. I was not able to capture the Koine Bus in the background.

It was a slow jog as I am super exhausted from a grueling studio session. You're lucky I even went to the effort of doing this run today.

http://runkeeper.com/user/SethLK/activity/15696003#

I'm taking tomorrow off. Another studio day with a shi-ton of tracking plus the opening day of college football means I will not run on Thursday. I can't wait for Wake Forest/Presbyterian U.

I was treated by my runkeeper playlist to some Bat For Lashes, which really made my jog. The video might be better than the song, and it's one of my favorite songs.