OK, I know there are plenty of threads on running in Costa Rica - but none specifically about San Jose.
Basically, I am being sent out there with work for a couple of weeks, slap bang in the middle of marathon training.
Are there any decent places to run around? I will be staying about half way between the San Jose itself and Alajuela, so is there any chance of a decent route, perhaps even involving soft surfaces?
I was only in San Jose for a few days, so I don't know much about it, but....
I ended up running in the decently sized metropolitan park on the west side of town. Some dirt and some paved paths plus a track available for workouts. There were some rivers that went through town, and usually I find rivers to be a good place to find running, but in the little scouting that I did I wasn't able to find good running along the rivers.
Hopefully someone with more knowledge can help you out here.
A good resource these days is to look at Strava's global heatmaps. That'll show you where Strava users have run the most, and there's enough Strava users out there to find most good running routes in at least moderately large population areas.
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