Suggest a place to stay in Boulder

Casa de Drew Hunter

A hotel.

Or go somewhere cheaper at altitude.

runor wrote:

I’m planning to do a training camp in Boulder before New York marathon and also do some remote work. Please suggest some place to live, preferably nearby popular running routes

Because you asked this question I am going to suggest the Millennium Hotel, right near the thickest of thick traffic in downtown Boulder. I hope after this experience you go home amd never come back!

Hotels in Boulder are fairly expensive for what you get IMO.

Probably better off going with an Airbnb or VRBO etc.

Anything central by the Boulder Creek Path (paved bike path) has a nice stretch to jump onto quickly. It's going to be pretty much all paved though. You can run up the Canyon from Eben G Fine park and get in some decent hill work (or big hill work on NCAR road in South Boulder). Heck, even the HWY 36 bike path heading out of town from S. Boulder has some nice hills on it.

But for softer surfaces you're probably going to want to drive out to the Res (outside of North Boulder heading towards Niwot) or even stuff out by the Gunbarrel area (not technically in Boulder City proper, but a Boulder zip code and it's by Avery!). On the other hand, South Boulder (think like stuff of Table Mesa Rd) also has good access to Bobolink trail, Marshall Road and the old CU XC course.

Keep in mind anything on "The Hill" close to campus is going to be mainly undergrad and some of those kids like to party on all nights of the week!

If you have a car you can pretty much drive to all these places from all parts of Boulder (well maybe not Gunbarrel) within 10-15minutes. As much as people like to make Boulder out to be "full of traffic and over-crowded" it's really not that big.

Foot of the Mountain motel is on the Boulder Creek Path right where the path enters the canyon...very cool spot, awesome for running. 4th St, Flagstaff Mtn trail, Settler's Park, etc all 1/4 mile away. One of the more affordable hotels and very unique vibe.

Stay at the Tau Mu Epislon fraternity. The president, Andrew Hunter, used to be a runner.

you're doing a short altitude camp for a marathon that's in 3 weeks? or do you live at 8000' or something? if you're a flatlander this plan doesn't make any sense from a training perspective.

S. Canaday wrote:

good access to Bobolink trail

While there is a trailhead named Bobolink, there is no "Bobolink trail." It does not exist. The trailhead accesses one end of South Boulder Creek trail. It can be confusing for newcomers.

Just stay at Sage's sofa. He will even cook a nice vegan meal for you.

A cave.

Parker Stinson should be subletting his place any time now..

Foot of the Mountain, or Silver Spur can both work. Myself, though, I'd go to Big Bear and get an AirBB. You can actually run trails there that you don't have to drive to.

I want Drew Hunter's form wrote:

Foot of the Mountain, or Silver Spur can both work. Myself, though, I'd go to Big Bear and get an AirBB. You can actually run trails there that you don't have to drive to.

I second the first two.

Hotels are relatively cheap right now. Just go on hotwire and find something. You can get a similar elevation, a better vibe and better terrain in Glenwood Springs. Plus you can hit the hot springs after some long runs. Just sayin'.

What Sage said is spot on. He’s the man

Yeah I think either Bobolink or Boulder Reservoir area good, but you may want to stay in Louisville or Broomfield to save a bit of money. You may also like Davidson Mesa trail area

I love how everyone in Boulder does all they can to run on flat trails not in the mountains. And at such a low altitude.

Outside of Boulder and Denver metro there are a lot of dumba$$es and covidiots. They are nice people but just really freakin’ dumb…dumb as rocks…

I want Drew Hunter's form wrote:

I love how everyone in Boulder does all they can to run on flat trails not in the mountains. And at such a low altitude.

Easy, recovery runs should be the majority of miles for flatlanders visiting Boulder. Unless they're poorly advised.

Since the OP said they were training for NYC Marathon I assumed they would not want to run on that many of Boulder's steep mountain trails....hence my recommendation of flat areas to run (Res, bike path, Bobolink, Marshall Road etc) and then recommendations of hill training that would mimic NYC bridges and Central Park Hills (running up/down NCAR or Canyon path etc). I'll second the vote for the "Foot of the Mountain" motel/hotel as well. A little rustic and certainly not a Marriott, but right by Eben G Fine Park and the mouth of the Canyon (Bike path you can run up or down for miles without any traffic stops). One of my college buddies had a wedding there this summer and the hotel looked pretty solid from what I saw going to events there (I didn't stay in the rooms there though since I actually live in downtown Boulder which is within 1.5 miles of that area). However from that location you can actually shoot straight up Flagstaff mountain on the Viewpoint trail if you want to do mountain running! You certainly can live very near Pearl Street Mall in Boulder and quickly get on excellent (steep and fairly technical though) mountain trails right from town! Green Mtn, Flagstaff, Bear Peak, Mt. Sanitas....some of those crack 8,000'. Sure, if you want over 8500'-10,000' you're going to have to drive up to Peak to Peak though...almost ski season up there now though! That being said there are quite a view flatter "trails"/dirt roads out in the plains heading towards Denver too. Stuff like Davidson Mesa, Dirty Bismark etc. So even if you got a place in Louisville or Superior there would be fairly decent access depending on where you were. I honestly like the HWY 36 bike path as well for some training sessions (granted you get a lot of car exhaust as it's right next to HWY 36).

Creek Path Hero wrote:

I want Drew Hunter's form wrote:

I love how everyone in Boulder does all they can to run on flat trails not in the mountains. And at such a low altitude.

Easy, recovery runs should be the majority of miles for flatlanders visiting Boulder. Unless they're poorly advised.