Cleveland Runners -- Need Help

The thugs will still be sleeping, you should be fine.

If you are running at 6am you really should be fine. Even if you drop down by the west bank you should be ok that early.

Head down towards Browns Stadium and Sciene Center and run along the street next to Burke Lake Front Airport

Thanks so much. I'm usually pretty comfortable about running early in urban areas, but I don't want to run in any areas that even the locals stay away from.

I'll try creating a small loop around the area you describe. Thanks again.

The problem with running in and around downtown is that the blocks are very short and there are a ton of intersections. Watch for cars very carefully.

If you are just looking to do 3-4 mi, you should be ok going up E 9th to the RnR hall and so on. But, if you want to run longer, you might try hoping the rapid to W117 and run through Lakewood to the Rocky River Reservation. You will need to wait until the sun is up as the reservation is not lighted.

Try hopping on the rapid and hoping that you don't get knifed at the W117 station. Actually, it isn't that bad. You will be fine. Just stay away from the east side.

The Cleveland Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot has a 5 mile course that goes past the Rock Hall, Cleveland Browns Stadium, Science Center, and Burke Lake Front Airport. Check out the course map. I would say all these areas are safe to run:

http://www.hermescleveland.com/roadracing/course_maps/turkeytrot.pdf

Another decent place to run in is the now abandoned flats..

I would stick to running the Marginal in the morning. Take W.3 down to Browns Stadium,f (right before you go down the hill, look to your right and there is a life size statue of Jesse Owens) go around the stadium and then by the Coast Guard reserve station get on North Marginal (runs parallel to 90 on the Lake Erie side) and head East. You can take that clear out to Lakefront State Park. At that point you can either cross I-90 and take the S. Marginal (runs parallel to 90)back or just make it an out and back. You can even extend that out into the village of Bratenahl a bit. But don't go past Bratenahl or you might wind up in either Euclid or worse yet-North Collinwood-not good places to be at any time.

Thanks for the help, all -- especially you, Mr. Kosar. You were one of my idols growing up.

Hey, listen. Ohio State sucks.

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Lendale White wrote:

Hey, listen. Ohio State sucks.

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That's true, but I'm not sure what that has to do with this. I went to the University of Florida, and Kosar went to Miami. hahahahahahahahaha

Take prospect west to w. 6th, go north until you get to st.clair, turn east on st.clair and run until you get to the corner e.99 and st.clair, give daps to bone thugs n harmony and the whole st. clair crew, continue to e.105 and take the number 1 bus back to w.3 and superior, you should be able to see the ritz from here