Council Bluffs, IA

I think we can all agree that if you live here, it sure as hell isn't for the running, and if you still have goals of maximizing that competitive ambition, you're trying to get out. For some it's all or nothing - no mediocre in between. Or just different priorities - a means to an end.

And I'm not sure I see any similarity between Brian and Mr. Guru...

Deluth has a better running scene than Omaha/CB. MN/WI are far better on running side of things. Example: Lake Superior vs. Muddy Missouri River, and a simple thing called trees. Scenery creates productivity. Cities who pride themselves on places to eat...I'd be weary. That is code for "we have nothing else."

another stupid post in a litany of stupid posts

cornporn wrote:

Cities who pride themselves on places to eat...I'd be weary. That is code for "we have nothing else."

Paris, San Fran, NY, Chicago...nothing else but places to eat.

Okay. I would just say search anything that has to do with Omaha/CB and running on here. The only good comments come from the omaha lifers. Get outside of your big fish/small pond box and notice it isn't that great. There is a lot more going for those places you listed about places to eat. Open a magazine, or read something more than the Omaha World Herald.

Well, it sure as hell wasn't for my career! I had other options, so I booked when the right opportunity fell in my lap. There was nothing outside of work to keep me there.

And you know "dorito" wandered over here from that pitiful nebraska running message board.

random a hole wrote:

cornporn wrote:

Cities who pride themselves on places to eat...I'd be weary. That is code for "we have nothing else."

Paris, San Fran, NY, Chicago...nothing else but places to eat.

I can't speak to Paris, but the other three are all terrible places to run. If you don't live near the one or two parks or natural areas in the city it is all pavement and stoplights.

what about all the people who live there for the running, for the purpose of feeling better about themselves? i.e., when you're surrounded by cornfed fat bitches who just want to hold your hand, being a studmuffin of a runner certainly boosts the ol' self-esteem.

Joe Doctor,

This thread has probably told you a lot more about the Omaha/CB running community than it has about what it is actually like to run here. I'll echo the handful of serious/mature posts by saying that the running scene here is far from being ideal, but it is very manageable. The climate is rough at times, but this is the case many places. There are good places to run if you look for them, and these have been listed by others. There are good things about the area and bad things too, just like anywhere else.

Good luck to you,

Myshkin