?
?
New York "MF" City
Central Park wrote:
New York "MF" City
By far
Ocala FL
There are no good running cities in the U.S.
Detroid
Best for runners to live in?
Best for producing successful runners?
Best for producing quality lets run threads?
Definitely Houston in top 3...lots of nice trails and very comfortable temps throughout the year.
LOL at 'very comfortable temps throughout the year.' 10/10
Boston
/thread
chickenug wrote:
Ocala FL
Close but you missed it by a few miles. You meant Clermont.
San Diego, Honolulu
I would suggest that no Florida city should make the list. Our summer weather (all 4 to 5 months of it) alone is enough to disqualify any city not in the panhandle.
But if you are going to pick one, it would have to be Clermont (if you are going to elevate Clermont to true "city" status). One of the few places in the state to get hills, lots of access to paved trails, a disproportionately huge endurance sport population, and, of course, most importantly, the clay loop.
As an added bonus, you get to come across world class athletes. Justin Gatlin and a bunch of other top tier sprinters train at the NTC, many world class and Olympic triathletes winter there, and you will get the occasional world class distance runner out there any given weekend (I got to chat with Ritz, Shadrack Biwott and Kevin Hanson for a few minute this weekend as they have been training on the clay loop for some heat adapation in advance of Boston, and Des Linden did the same last year).
Smoove wrote:
I would suggest that no Florida city should make the list. Our summer weather (all 4 to 5 months of it) alone is enough to disqualify any city not in the panhandle.
+1
Ferguson, Missouri
Though their are some cities with lots of runnable trail systems - Tallahassee, Tampa, Clermont, etc... The weather is horrible to train in 8 months out of the the year for anyone looking to log a fair amount of miles. Imagine waking up at 5am and it's 80 degrees w high humidity. In Florida we have a saying " B4 7 after 7" if your going to run. Even then it's brutal. Some summers I would purposely wait every day to run during rain storms bc that was the only times you would see temps in the 70s.
Wow one place to run in the entire city sounds amazing.
What about Denver, Boise, or Portland?
Former Floridian wrote:
Some summers I would purposely wait every day to run during rain storms bc that was the only times you would see temps in the 70s.
I cannot count the number of times that during my two fall marathon cycles that I was sitting at my desk, saw the clouds rolling in for the almost daily afternoon thunderstorms, and rushed to get changed and sneak out for a run just to get the cooling effect of the rain.
Houston or anywhere in Florida are out of the question. Demerits for being hot and swampy keep them from being the best.
The real answer is San Diego-sunny, moderate temperatures year round, comfortable humidity and good places to run.
A Dogs Dawg wrote:
Wow one place to run in the entire city sounds amazing.
What about Denver, Boise, or Portland?
It used to be Portland, but too many non-runners caught on and moved here so cost of living is ridiculous. Similar example is San Diego.
I lived in Boise for a few years and predicted it would be the next Portland. It is getting there.