Very few running areas in the US

Boulder bro

plow the crusty roads bro

At least in SW states it cools down under 70F at night in the summer. Must run from 5:30am to 7am.

When I was a teenager, I ran in all weather. I now have a 10F minimum.

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if you can't run in 100 degree heat or -10 degrees cold it sounds like you need to carb up. "it's too hot to run" "it's too cold to run" huge cringe

plus how come you can't just rest on those 5 days per year? running 7 days per week 365 days per year sounds like exercise addiction. just cope running away from your problems. not very top g of you.

How could you need to drive down a mountain 5 days of the year but not the other days?

Nice thread nerd . I like empty trails once it gets over 85 degrees here and don’t want to see a bunch of you wannabe pros clogging up the trails. Stay in Flagstaff or whatever 2 degree hellhole you are in. CA is unattainable for you semipros with 4 roommates 😂🖕.

Move to Europe where the Gulf Stream creates a more runner friendly weather.

What if it passes all your tests but you’ll get mugged or shot if you run in half of it?

I live in the upper Midwest but we have a place in Navarre Beach, Florida in the upper panhandle. We usually don’t go in the heat of the summer but I’ve been there plenty in the summer months when there are temps close to 100° or greater along with stifling humidity. It’s not my preferred running conditions but I’ve done it. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Run earlier in the day, go at a slower pace, hydrate, don’t run as far, etc. it’s not hard. Figure it out.

Likewise, in the upper Midwest, we get plenty of cold and snowy days. It can be done.

With your narrow criteria, you’re not going to find many places in the entire world that fit them, let alone the US. Perhaps running just isn’t your thing.

This might be a bit excessive. If I can run forest roads from my house 330 days a year, I'd take 30 days on the road and treadmill. Most places in the US aren't great places to run year round. A lot of the continent has brutal summers and/or winters.

Using the OP's criteria, Corning, NY, Atlanta, Baltimore, Raleigh, Bend, OR, and Boone, NC are all running towns.

Corning seems nice, but if you're keeping treadmill days less than 5/year with their snow, that opens up practically the whole Northeast.

I'd say that Boulder is good (obviously), same with Flagstaff, but an underrated one would be Ithaca. It's a big college town with moderate summer weather, great falls and springs, but a cold and depressing winter. If you don't care about altitude, maybe Ithaca for everywhere but winter and maybe Durham for the winter?

Obviously @rojo would know about Ithaca though - if you see this, can you chime in?

for real bro, f these hoes!

I never ran on a treadmill during the 5 years I lived in Corning.

In Houston during the summer there are a number of days when the low is in the lower 80s. Of course the humidity is sky high as well.

There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft MF. Stay hard.

Unless something about an area physically prevents you from running it can be a running town. Then issue here is you, not the area. I vaguely know a guy who used to live and run in Pt. Barrow, Ak.

SoCal - end of discussion; next topic!