Fast forward to today. It's officially spring in the Northland. While spring is often an exciting time of the year in other locales, spring around here means not enough snow to ski on, but too much snow and ice and mud for an enjoyable hiking experience. It's not a good time of the year to get out and explore in this part of the country. So what's an outdoorsy person to do in this area to get outside? Why not start my own "Every Street" project. I'm not an ultra-runner, but International Falls' size is much smaller than that of San Francisco, and therefore more manageable for someone like me.
Since I haven't been doing much running since the Freeze yer Gizzard Blizzard 5k back in January, I thought I would start out slow. I ran the 1.62 mile route shown below:
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My run started out with a right on my street to its end at the chipper for the paper mill.
In the summer, when our windows are open, the drone of the chipper is a fixture of ambient noise. I made a left onto 2nd Avenue, and then quickly made another left onto 5th Street. On 5th Street I made my way through a pleasant neighborhood, past the Backus Community Center
and then turned right onto 3rd Street. I followed Third for an short distance, made a right onto 9th Avenue and then a quick left onto 4th Street.
I followed 4th Street past the library, with its seasonally inspired sculptures outside.
Then I passed the Koochiching County Courthouse.
Finally, I turned right onto 5th Avenue for the quick run back home. It was a short first run, but I think a good way to kick off this project.
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