What US city is the worst for running?

Lubbock, Modesto, Orlando, Waco, Newark

Provo, UT

Chiraq. Hands down the worst (and don't even try to defend the lake shore trail as a viable place to run).

I love running on the Chicago Lakeshore trail

I disagree with you OP. I live in new york and there are many beautiful paths to take in new york. Van cortlandt park has some nice paths to take. Along the hudson river theres a nice bike path that runs pretty long if you can bear with an out-and-back.

Fresno. Hot as balls for half the year, abysmal air quality, nothing but pancake-flat pavement everywhere you look.

Hartford, CT. Ghetto to your left, ghetto to your left. Look at the wrong dude and you'll get in a fight. There's a park that if you do a loop is about 0.6 miles. That's it.

Moby Dick wrote:

Hartford, CT. Ghetto to your left, ghetto to your left. Look at the wrong dude and you'll get in a fight. There's a park that if you do a loop is about 0.6 miles. That's it.

Then run to the right.

New york is better than a lot of cities

no more tards wrote:

I'll start with New York. Despite there being a lot of runners and a good elite community, this place blows for actual training unless you want to run endless loops around Central and Prospect Park for the rest of your life.

If you think Prospect Park and the Central Park loop are the only places to run then try using

and search for running routes in New York City.

There are dozens.

NYC blows for running. Central Park is okay, but after a couple of dozens of runs in there it gets boring.

Anything else requires getting on the subway forever and coming back sweaty.

Mojo Jerkin wrote:

NYC blows for running. Central Park is okay, but after a couple of dozens of runs in there it gets boring.

Anything else requires getting on the subway forever and coming back sweaty.

Oh my God, sweaty on a train, what a travesty!!

What about an out and back along the Brooklyn or Hudson Greenways or the dozens of miles along the other Greenaways?

There's a 15 mile traffic free route on the West-Side of Manhattan alone.

And how do you run in both PP and CP without getting a Subway?

New York City was voted the second best city to run in the US after San Francisco.

no more tards wrote:

I'll start with New York. Despite there being a lot of runners and a good elite community, this place blows for actual training unless you want to run endless loops around Central and Prospect Park for the rest of your life.

You've got to be kidding.

There are many cities in the US where running is downright dangerous. New York is not one of them. The fact that you get bored of running the same loops again and again marks you as a whiner, and someone who's not willing to put in the effort to try other routes.

Yeah Chicago lakefront trail is bomb. 18 miles uninterrupted right along the heart of the city. Great views everywhere you look.

Orlando

I would argue Boston. They call it "Hobbyjoggers heaven" for a reason. It can't get worse than thousands of SCRAWNY runners...lol

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

I would argue Boston. They call it "Hobbyjoggers heaven" for a reason. It can't get worse than thousands of SCRAWNY runners...lol

It can't get worse than your mom.

The main problems with NYC (focused on manhattan) running are as follows:

1) CP can be chaotic with idiot bikers, idiot tourists, and so forth. It can be downright dangerous at times.

2) Riverside on the west side is ok but you also have a lot of bikes to deal with and there are too many places where there are cars (by the ferries in the 50s, for example).

3) The trails and other parks are difficult to get to. Van Cortlandt is nice if you have a car or don't mind taking the subway, but it's not exactly practical. Same thing with Jersey trails on the other side of the GWB.

3) The NYRR monopoly gets old. The overpriced CP races are fun but you end up spending a lot of money on what amounts to a 4 mile mini loop in the park most Sundays. A little more competition would be welcomed.

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:

I would argue Boston. They call it "Hobbyjoggers heaven" for a reason. It can't get worse than thousands of SCRAWNY runners...lol

BEHOLD!!! We're all hobby joggers, brah. Get over yourself.