aholllian3 wrote:
SUNY Albany - not sure about the deer, but the campus loop is AWESOME!
You're joking right? Albany is a pit to run in.
aholllian3 wrote:
SUNY Albany - not sure about the deer, but the campus loop is AWESOME!
You're joking right? Albany is a pit to run in.
I wanted to chase women, not deer, and so I chose UCSB.
JKM you are hilarious for starting this thread.
Check out Furman University in Greenville, SC. The entire area is perfect for running/cycling.
SUNY STD wrote:
aholllian3 wrote:SUNY Albany - not sure about the deer, but the campus loop is AWESOME!
You're joking right? Albany is a pit to run in.
It has to be a joke. A 3 mile circle around parking lots, ugly buildings and a couple of athletic fields - it may actually be worse than running on a treadmill.
I agree, you should check out Furman University. They have 750 acres with plenty of grass fields to run on and have a 5K road race course on campus. They also have a lot of trails in and around the campus and near their golf course. They were host to something like 20 NCAA XC Regionals and two NCAA XC Championships. Also heard that ZAP's Elite group chose Furman for their winter training location this year after being in Tallahassee for a few years.
rcstewart74 wrote:
Check out Furman University in Greenville, SC. The entire area is perfect for running/cycling.
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and Denison University in Granville, Ohio have a few nice places to run.
Oregon State in Corvallis, OR. Puts Eugene to shame.
Just my opinion, but I sure enjoyed running all over the University of Michigan campus 30+ years ago. William & Mary is nice, too.
Williamstown is far superior to Am-herst. There are mountains all around, Pine Cobble, Graylock, etc., fantastic running. You can run in New York, Mass. or Vermont and not have to drive at all. But for the persistence hunt, you have to look higher than deer, maybe pronghorn antelope or fresh coed.
san luis obispo. best running you'll find on the west coast. great running community.
OHIO UNIVERSITY - ATHENS, OHIO!
go to Southern illinois university in carbondale. Look it up and come back.
A few that i have enjoyed;
1. Western State
2. Florida
3. Florida State
4. Wisconsin
5. Stanford
Oxford, OH Miami (OH) University. A good school too.
I also attended a small school in Northern Ohio. Since then, I've lived in Oxford, OH, Eugene, and South Bend, IN. Eugene is great, but the UO campus itself actually isn't that big. Miami has a great back campus and a nearby state park with a nearly 9 mile sparsely traveled park road that is great for grinding out tempo runs. Notre Dame's campus is maybe the best thing South Bend has going for it, but it is by far the worst place to run that I've lived. Based on observations over the years, I'd also say that Florida State has a pretty campus, but Tallahassee is awful. The University of Washington looked very pretty (particularly for being in a more urban setting), but I didn't get a chance to run around it. The University of Montana is lovely (not sure if there are trails). Boulder is extremely nice obviously. Madison looks great and friends who attend Wisconsin love running there.
I'd be curious to know what schools have the longest/best trail systems nearby. Some schools that one wouldn't think of might have great trail access. For example, Baldwin Wallace College near Cleveland is in close proximity to a wonderful metropark system that follows the Rocky River. I assume that schools in Portland, OR have access to metroparks. What other schools have these advantages? What schools do you know of with a lot of college-owned trails? Miami-Ohio is the only one that I've had the pleasure to explore, but I'm sure there are many other schools with extensive trail systems.
jjjjjjjjjjjj wrote:
Williamstown is far superior to Am-herst. There are mountains all around, Pine Cobble, Graylock, etc., fantastic running. You can run in New York, Mass. or Vermont and not have to drive at all. But for the persistence hunt, you have to look higher than deer, maybe pronghorn antelope or fresh coed.
Nope, sorry. As someone who has trained extensively in both Williamstown and Amherst and did not not attend Amherst OR Williams College (removing the bias), Amherst wins, hands down.
Charlottesville is nice, Austin is okay, but neither compares to Amherst. However, Boulder trumps Amherst by quite a bit, and Marin County, CA is better than Boulder.
Palo Alto = too much pavement unless I'm missing something
Joe B. wrote:Also heard that ZAP's Elite group chose Furman for their winter training location this year after being in Tallahassee for a few years.
True, they're there while Blowing Rock is covered in snow/ice/mud.
Virginia
Furman
U of Michigan
Clemson
Stanford
Oregon
Liberty. Miles and miles of awesome mountain trails right on campus as well as Blackwater Park w/ lots of flat dirt trails.