Is it a bad idea to run in Mexico City?

Lol

I wasn't worried about it when I planned the trip but no one in my family has been outside of the US and they all think I'm going to get shot when I leave my hotel.

Bosque de Chapultepec is a popular spot for CDMX runners. You'll be fine. I believe it's only open during what are predominantly daylight hours so you and all the other runners will benefit from safety in numbers if you're worried about rateros, ladrones, caquitos, y tal. Also, many fresas in CDMX are essentially white so don't think you'll be singled out necessarily. You'll more likely be spotted as a gringo by how you dress, comport yourself, and once you open your mouth.

Cool so any advice on where to/not to run?

Thanks, that's helpful

In the old days, if they caught you running in Tenochtitlan, they would seize you and sacrifice you on the temple!!!

Maybe. A lot of people got sacrificed, many of them athletes.

Bruh, it's a bad idea to BE in Mexico City. smh

Well you certainly don't want to run into a cartel member in Mexico today, or you will receive a similar fate.

It is believed that tens of thousands of ordinary people were ritually sacrificed, including women and children, in the most primitive and painful way imaginable by the Aztecs. They would rip out the beating hearts of young girls to appease the rain monster.

Absolute worst stain on humanity in the history of the Earth - only the ancient Syrians and perhaps the mongols for sheer scale (although they also did good things) come close.

Of course, the modern Spanish should never stop apologising for ending the glorious indiginous Aztec culture, which however, appears to be alive and well in 21st century Mexico and gradually becoming dominant in the USA..

I signed up for the Mexico City marathon in August. I plan to arrive there a month earlier to enjoy the city/culture and acclimate to the altitude. I too would like tips on where to do runs. I know Paseo de la Reforma closes to traffic on Sundays to allow runners to use it. Where else?

Like the Spanish were any better with their Inquisition and stake burnings.

Civilized people are always like this. The modern Spanish and other western countries still run medical experiments on the population and wage wars for entertainment. Social stratification brings out the worst in the upper classes, makes them subhuman.

OP, make sure you don't run in Spain either.

La Condesa is literally built around an old horse racing course and there is a picturesque looping track you can run that many people do. It’s a bougie, safe area

Likely your biggest problems will be the air pollution and altitude depending where you’re coming from

Noticed how everyone in this thread is saying "you'll be fine," instead of "I am here and I am fine," or "I just got back from there and I did not get kidnapped."

Ok well since the mods deleted my excellent joke making fun of you, now I’ll give you some actual advice. Once you spend a week in La Condesa you’ll see what I was talking about.

Chapultepec section 1 is great, but note is is closed on Mondays. All pavement, but still awesome. Section 2 is more developed, but it has a maybe 2k dirt loop, Pista el Sope that is pretty nice with a decent hill in it. Section 2 is just a little complicated to get to if you don’t know where you’re going though, bc it’s split from section 1 by a highway, pedestrian bridge involved. It may or may not be worth it.

Like a poster above said, Paseo Reforma is closed Sunday morning/early afternoon to car traffic from around the Auditorio Nacional to well pas Centro. There are a ton of bikers, but still plenty of room to run. Parts of other roads are also closed, including Mazatlán and Durango in Condesa. If you run Reforma, I suggest turning off at Alameda Central toward Palacio Bellas Artes and then heading back. That’s pretty much the end of the enjoyable part of Reforma.

Just north of Chalpultepec 1 is Parque Gahndi. There’s are 2 dirt loops that can be worked into either a Chapultepec or Reforma run.

Viveros de Coyoacán is really nice and has a lot of soft surface. It’s in the southern part of the city, but it wouldn’t be a bad Uber ride during non rush hours.

One poster above mentioned the old racing loop in Condesa. That’s Calle Amsterdam, and while there is a nice sidewalk between lanes for the whole loop, it’s too narrow and crowded for running anything under like 9 minute pace unless you go very early in the morning, in my opinion.

ok that is more than enough for a week. just be careful you don’t trip over a digital nomad.

I have been there for a few days three years ago and I run in the Viveros de Coyoacan as I was living nearby. Very nice park, good shade, surface was smooth and very runnable, the area and the park felt reasonably safe, lots of other runners. The only problem is that it can get somewhat crowded towards midday.

Ok. I’ll shoot. I spent a week and a half in Mexico City this past June. My Spanish is elementary at best and my wife speaks zero Spanish. We were absolutely fine as an obviously foreign visitors. We stayed in Roma Nte, which is right next to La Condesa. Both are nice and even somewhat bougie areas; lots of coffee shops and restaurants. Reminded me of lower Manhattan.

Runners in Mexico City don’t run on the streets as much as in parks. I recall runners actually running loops around parks no bigger than a quarter mile around. But once you figure out the traffic patterns etc, running around the city is easy and a great way to explore. Enjoy the Sunday run on la Reforma.

Enjoy your trip. Mexico City it really nice. The residents tend to be friendly and the food is awesome. Enjoy some el pastor tacos with pineapple and an agua fresca. Make sure to visit the Anthropology Museum, especially if you are also going to Teotihuacán. Just exercise basic common sense when out and about in the city.

Not if the bad guys are chasing you.

Bad Wigins is an ignorant mental midget, who has obviously never been to Spain.