Boston is by far the worst. It's filled with legal seafood loving, democrat voting pieces of trash who have repulsive accents.
Boston is by far the worst. It's filled with legal seafood loving, democrat voting pieces of trash who have repulsive accents.
Basically most of the Deep South. People don't run and think you're weird for doing it.
Louisiana for sure. Just fried food, drinking and partying.
oh boo hoo enjoy your treadmill #winterwarriorchallenge
sincerely,
Cambridge Runner
Tell us how you really feel about Boston.
Have you guys ever been to the North Slope of Alaska? A place like Barrow might get 10-20 degrees above freezing for maybe 6 weeks of the year, and even then, you might have to do sprint training to get away from the polar bears.
I think I'd take Baton Rouge in August.
ComeOn wrote:
Boston is not good - people think it's great because of The Marathon and The Charles but it's crap really. The winter and spring are terrible and the summers are miserably humid. You get about 1 month of good running - October. That's it. October.
You're right. The USATF club competition is excellent in Boston, but the regular people there are super rude, stuck up, and old fashioned and just don't know how to initiate casual conversation . Weather is horrible but some people there love it, it's bad kind of like winters in the mid-west.
The accent in Boston is horrible. So many low class obnoxious people with it there and racial tensions
Tons of alcoholism around there too. It's a way to deal with the problem of being there and not leaving
Bah Aton h wrote:
ComeOn wrote:Boston is not good - people think it's great because of The Marathon and The Charles but it's crap really. The winter and spring are terrible and the summers are miserably humid. You get about 1 month of good running - October. That's it. October.
You're right. The USATF club competition is excellent in Boston, but the regular people there are super rude, stuck up, and old fashioned and just don't know how to initiate casual conversation . Weather is horrible but some people there love it, it's bad kind of like winters in the mid-west.
The accent in Boston is horrible. So many low class obnoxious people with it there and racial tensions
Tons of alcoholism around there too. It's a way to deal with the problem of being there and not leaving
No.
Boston is the best.
Idiots.
sour patch and the others have no evidence to support their anti-south animus. i call b.s.
Couldn't agree more not a running city
kod3200 wrote:
Florida.
You pussies don't know heat till you solo 14 miles in 103 heat with 90% humidity. Not to mention theres snakes and alligators everywhere.
This is why Florida is not the best place to run, not evidence that it's the worst place to run.
Florida is nowhere near the worst place for running. I haven't missed a morning outdoor run in three years. We basically have 365 days/year of manageable morning runs. Yeah, it's insanely humid, and very uncomfortable -- but it's doable.
Most Florida cities are probably in the top third if you're going to look at the entire calendar. Gainesville is probably in the top 5%.
Heve Starvey wrote:
I've done a fair amount of running in two locations - ND and CO. I've lived in ND almost all my life so I've put in thousands of miles there. To some (like Mr. I-can-only-run-in-October) it might sound like the worst place to run. It is windy year round, the winters are bone chilling, and when the wind blows across the windless plains in January it can be downright dangerous to go for a run if not prepared for the conditions. Heck, if a blizzard brews up you could actually be in a pickle finding your way home on a gravel road (although you shouldn't be stupid enough to go running outside when a blizzard is forecasted). Spring is quite nice and I believe most would agree with me. You'd think summer in ND wouldn't be bad either, but not everyone realizes that ND summers can be extremely humid, making days in the 90's-low 100's seem much worse. All that being said, I love running in ND. When I lived out of town I could go for a 15 mile long run on a gravel road without seeing another person. The solitude is amazing, although maybe not for someone who needs to run with a group. As for the weather, I see it as a nice way to keep things interesting. A challenge you might say. I've run in everything from -40* wind chills to 110* humidity. Sure, I enjoy the 50* days in fall and spring, but some extreme weather here and there keeps it from getting too boring and is good mental training as well.
As for CO, I was lucky enough to get to run near Estes Park this summer. At 8k' it offers great altitude training and endless trails and mountains to run up, including many in Rocky Mtn. National Park. I loved to run the trails there but quickly found out my ankles aren't especially strong. I rolled my right ankle numerous times over the summer, even while wearing a stiff ankle brace, on trail runs. Other than that though, it was an amazing place to run - I could've run every day of the summer on a new stretch of trail within a half hour drive.
This is the only guy w a clue what he is talking about in this thread, most of you never been in -40, well it's guaranteed for at least a week stretch every winter. Any place any cover from the wind is strictly concrete. Wtf are you Boston people talking about??? ND/MN is much hotter in the summer and much colder in the winter with equal amount of snow. Iowa? Go north a state. The only places worse are desolate places in Alaska and the South is next on the list cause of brutal summer conditions but you can run early/late in the day and it isn't that bad and the winter sprint fall is fine.
Wilkes-Barre, PA
run837 wrote:
Really? A black man dressed in running clothes and running shoes is considered up to no good by EVERY white person? Everywhere? Not in my town.
I have witnessed that too! Sure not everywhere and not every white person but the majority. The awkward looks and stares makes you wonder perhaps you forgot to put on your clothes and are running naked or something. Or maybe you just grew some long tail lol. The stares are however not just by white people but also black people. It is a simple equation: Black man + Running(however they are dressed) = Must have committed a crime!
Oregon is where running was invented.
Let's define, "to run." Ultra guys would love Alaska and Oregon. Picking a state is a massive blanket statement.
Weather is the biggest factor. Tracks can be found in every town with over 5,000 people. Learn to love turning left and life is great.
Eugene. Where running was invented. Nice.
Mr. "T" wrote:
run837 wrote:Really? A black man dressed in running clothes and running shoes is considered up to no good by EVERY white person? Everywhere? Not in my town.
I have witnessed that too! Sure not everywhere and not every white person but the majority. The awkward looks and stares makes you wonder perhaps you forgot to put on your clothes and are running naked or something. Or maybe you just grew some long tail lol. The stares are however not just by white people but also black people. It is a simple equation: Black man + Running(however they are dressed) = Must have committed a crime!
Yeah, but it makes us run faster.
Macrock5000 wrote:
Eugene. Where running was invented. Nice.
Oh, please. Bowerman stole it from the Aussies..(Lydiard) and then that a doctor from Texas wrote a bestselling book on fitness.
Black Lives Matter wrote:
At night any running Black man is a suspect. If you live in a hot climate and you prefer to run after sundown, you will be harassed as a Black man.
Recent annual FBI crime stats show that of 500,000 crimes involving inter-racial violence in one year, over 80% will be of the black on white variety, a four to one ratio if the populations were equal.
But, there are six times as many whites as blacks. So, approximately 24 of 25 crimes involving inter-racial violence are of the black on white variety.
Even Jess J. admitted to crossing the street under certain circumstances.
prey wrote:
Black Lives Matter wrote:At night any running Black man is a suspect. If you live in a hot climate and you prefer to run after sundown, you will be harassed as a Black man.
Recent annual FBI crime stats show that of 500,000 crimes involving inter-racial violence in one year, over 80% will be of the black on white variety, a four to one ratio if the populations were equal.
But, there are six times as many whites as blacks. So, approximately 24 of 25 crimes involving inter-racial violence are of the black on white variety.
Even Jess J. admitted to crossing the street under certain circumstances.
That pales in comparison to the number of white crimes against non-whites during WW2. So if anything Blacks should fear whites.
It's the old stereotype, a Black man running is up to no good (Jogging While Black)