Not looking to run on any team, just want somewhere with nice weather year round and good single track mountain trails within running distance from the campus.
Not looking to run on any team, just want somewhere with nice weather year round and good single track mountain trails within running distance from the campus.
Look up Cal State San Marcos. You have a network of trails less than a mile from campus.
Not looking to run on any team, just want somewhere with nice weather year round and good single track mountain trails within running distance from the campus.
Look up Cal State San Marcos. You have a network of trails less than a mile from campus.
Calstate San Marcos also has a disc golf course if you are into that. Note that while there are plenty of hilly trails around, it is not in the mountains. Cleveland national forest is a short drive away if you need a mountain fix. The beach is also a 25-30 minute drive away.
While calstate San Marcos is a decent school, I'm sure there are plenty of other schools that might interest you, depending on you academic interests and career goals. For context, CSUSM provides guaranteed admission for local students with a 3.0 GPA or higher (or at least they did 6 years ago). It was built primarily for local students and a large portion of the student body commutes to campus.
Univeristy of West Florida sits in a forest, with ~20miles of single track connected to the campus. Pretty good weather too, if you don'd mind a little heat in the summer
Univeristy of West Florida sits in a forest, with ~20miles of single track connected to the campus. Pretty good weather too, if you don'd mind a little heat in the summer
Nice trails, ran there on vacation years ago. The “beware pythons and gators” sign at the entrance is a nice touch; running there at night is thrilling, every log could mean death
Cal Poly SLO; University of Nevada (Reno); Southern Oregon; Portland State/Reed/Lewis & Clark; CS Monterey; CS San Marcos; Boise State; NAU (the latter can get a bit cold and snowy, but it's mountain cold and not Midwestern 'cold breeze from Canada' cold)
Maybe OSU’s Bend campus and take up XC skiing in the winter? I don’t know anything about the school option there, but it seems like an amazing place for a young single outdoorsy type to live.
Appalachian State in Boone, NC! Lots of trails within 10 miles, many accessible from campus, some take a few minutes to drive to but they are less crowded. Summer watering holes to jump in during your run, a good running culture already established, and the scenery changes with the seasons.
Here are the college hobby jogger national xc championship results from 2023, on a ~5.10 mile course. Ignore formatting, but here's the team score and average times:
1 63 University of Michigan 25:26.40 2 77 Virginia Tech 25:34.20 3 101 California Polytechnic State University 25:42.40 4 147 Ohio State University 25:55.00 5 176 University of Wisconsin 25:58.00 6 262 Georgia Tech 26:17.20 7 273 Northeastern University 26:19.60 8 276 University of Illinois 26:25.60 9 307 Purdue University 26:30.60 10 328 University of Maryland 26:33.80 11 356 University of Notre Dame 26:29.80 12 388 Michigan State University 26:41.00 13 416 North Carolina State University 26:52.20 14 420 Northwestern University 26:49.60 15 451 Boston College 26:56.00 16 456 University of Connecticut 26:54.40 17 456 Stanford University 26:56.20 18 483 University of Virginia 27:03.80 19 534 Villanova University 27:11.80 20 578 University of Tennessee 27:19.20
Western Washington University. Incredible trail system in Bellingham. Mountain trails + boardwalk on the ocean both running distance from campus. Plus a track on campus. Get used to the rain though
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