Moving to San Diego

San Elijo lagoon.

how does that compare to lake calavera?

Checked it out. It looks ok, but running on 101 to get there looks super sketchy.

Is San Diego running that great? Most roads, especially 101, I see very narrow shoulders and no where to bail out as a runner. It looks dangerous.

What neighborhoods are you looking at for work and living?

San Diego is fantastic for running, though being willing to drive a little really opens it up a lot more. That's what I have always done, even though I always have felt the many neighborhoods I have lived in were runnable.

If you are more or less centrally located there are enough parks and beach areas where roads can be kept to a minimum. I don't know too much about the north county, but it sure seems like there are plenty of places to run there too.

So for central,

Using mission bay park , around fiesta island, through Sea World parking lot to the beaches and back is good is good for all you can take. Pick and chose parts of it for shorter runs. Starting at mission bay park or fiesta Island is good because you don't have to drive in and out of Pacific Beach if you don't live there. Oh Yeah, you can run up to Mount Soledad from Mission bay park through a fairly quite residential neighbor hood. This used to be one of my favorites when I lived closer to the beach. I used to like to run around Sunset Cliffs in point Loma and out to Cabrillo monument.

You can run hills trails , sidewalks, grass, pretty much all day long in Balboa park.

Mission Trails Park lots of dirt and gravel paths.My son and I have done 20 mile mountain bikes rides there without doing too much terrain twice. You could run all day there and pick good sized hills if you want. Last year I saw that there was an informal 20 mile 5 peak run/meet-up going on in the area. Lake murray is nearby, so it's possible to run lake murray, cowles mountain and mission trails on the same outing.

Lots of lake around the county with roughly six mile loops or out and backs.

Two popular ones are Lake Murray, centrally located and Miramar a little up north inland. The road around lake Murray is pretty flat but does have a fairly nasty camber, no cars.

Around the county any hiking trail can be ran, and there are lots of them.

Just google it. San Diego is a pretty rugged place actually. Lots of hills.

Some of the high schools and colleges allow use of their tracks too.

You are not running on any road, you are running on dirt trails in the lagoon.

2nd the San Elijo Lagoon. Do the guys from PRT still do long runs there on Sundays? If so, they're a super cool bunch of dudes to run with.

Upper and Lower Otay Lakes near Chula Vista are nice runs.

Slick City comes East wrote:

You are not running on any road, you are running on dirt trails in the lagoon.

Well, ok, if you drive there.

Can you tell me about the "Coaster" run? Oceanside to Solano beach along 101. Is that safe to run? Is there a separate pedestrian path or do you run in the bike lane?

#4 here:

Say hello to Theresa and Rachel for me.

"My wife and I are moving out to San Diego later this year ..."

Yes, some of the guys from the group peel off into the lagoon after the first mile or so after leaving the starting point in the Cardiff park. And yes, cool group of guys (and girls).

Ted's Run on the Prado, every Friday at 5 is one of my favorites. See you there!

cars everywhere, no shoulder wrote:

[quote]...Is San Diego running that great? Most roads, especially 101, I see very narrow shoulders and no where to bail out as a runner. It looks dangerous.

Why don't you ask Meb, he seems to have done well running here.