There is a great homepage where you can plan your running routes using maps and satellite photos. The site uses Google maps and is available in basically every European country. Here:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
Good luck!
There is a great homepage where you can plan your running routes using maps and satellite photos. The site uses Google maps and is available in basically every European country. Here:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
Good luck!
I am from Europe of travelled between Tijuana and Vancouver (BC) whilst training for a marathon that went pretty well. I found it was a good way to see neighbourhoods I wouldn't have otherwise too.
This is a big fat cop-out. If you don't want to run while you're traveling, then don't. Enjoy yourself and drink like crazy with the fun people you meet.
Training while traveling is the most enjoyable training I have ever done.
I trained at a fairly high level for months at a time while backpacking in Honduras (yeah, really... and you're worried about Europe?), Peru, and Switzerland (that was really easy). Most of this was with 1-set of running clothes.
Some areas required me to get up at 6am to run because of weather or crime but I was always able to get it in. I still drank, met lots of girls, and had a blast.
I PR'd in the 8k by 55 seconds the season after I returned.
I spent a summer working in Yellowstone between my junior and senior year of college. For the first two months I went hiking whenever I could (long hikes, not the paved tourist trail around Old Faithful; didn't have a vehicle and spent a lot of time on my feet. I worked in some speed work and tempo runs here and there. During the last 3 - 4 weeks, I started getting a bit more serious about running then returned to school and reported to XC camp. I went on to an excellent XC season, running a PR of 25:30 for 5 miles.
My advice, backpack your heart out, see Europe and get workouts in when you can. Hiking around for weeks at a time with a pack will give you strength and endurance that you never knew you had.
facticity of da sitchiashun wrote:
I spent a summer working in Yellowstone between my junior and senior year of college. For the first two months I went hiking whenever I could (long hikes, not the paved tourist trail around Old Faithful; didn't have a vehicle and spent a lot of time on my feet. I worked in some speed work and tempo runs here and there. During the last 3 - 4 weeks, I started getting a bit more serious about running then returned to school and reported to XC camp. I went on to an excellent XC season, running a PR of 25:30 for 5 miles.
My advice, backpack your heart out, see Europe and get workouts in when you can. Hiking around for weeks at a time with a pack will give you strength and endurance that you never knew you had.
I'm pretty sure he'll be backpacking, like so:
http://images.smh.com.au/2012/12/08/3875017/art-Backpackers1-620x349.jpgRather than this type of Backpacking :http://assets.outdoorgearlab.com/photos/10/69/228413_10987_XL.jpg
just go with no money.
