There is a chance I may be relocating to the Memphis area and was wondering how the running there is. I toured around some Memphis neighborhoods and suburbs (Germantown) with Google Streetview and it seems that there are no sidewalks in a lot of areas. Do people in the Memphis suburbs just run on the street? Any suggestions of runnable neighborhoods/suburbs? Many thanks!
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There are a lot of nice areas around Cooper Young and Central Gardens. Stay on that side of the train tracks, though.
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I also like running in Overton Park
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Murder Rates in Large Cities per 100,000 residents:
Baltimore, MD - 50
Detroit, MI - 49
Memphis, TN - 4343 -
Shelby Farms Park north of Germantown and east of 240 is huge and looks great for running.
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zvxczxcv wrote:
Shelby Farms Park north of Germantown and east of 240 is huge and looks great for running.
This^
Memphis really is a very dangerous place. Do not just wing it. Go where there are other people, don't just go for a run by yourself.
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I would not recommend running along normal roads in Memphis. Drivers are crazy.
I drive to the Greenline and run there. Shelby Farms Park is another option. Overton park is very small.Memphis has one of the biggest running clubs in the country. They also organize great cheap races.
There are also a bunch of running groups.
One is Sea Isle Park runners, you find them on facebook I think.
Right now the weather is perfect for running in Memphis but soon it will be a hot humid mess. From July to mid October it can be pretty bad.If you have more questions, keep asking.
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TnRunnah wrote:
zvxczxcv wrote:
Shelby Farms Park north of Germantown and east of 240 is huge and looks great for running.
This^
Memphis really is a very dangerous place. Do not just wing it. Go where there are other people, don't just go for a run by yourself.
yeah man i hear they use runners for target practice. maybe just don't even go outside? seems like the safest option.
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I’m more familiar with walking in Memphis.
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I had an excellent shaded run mostly in the forest on the west side of Shelby Farms during a trip to Memphis. I also see an immense green area on the map east (northeast and southeast at first, then just due East) a bit of Germantown and stretching across a lot of Tennessee and nearby Mississippi, where I would bet that there is a lot of good running area and plenty of hills.
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Marc Cohn wrote:
I’m more familiar with walking in Memphis.
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Badcompany wrote:
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Murder Rates in Large Cities per 100,000 residents:
Baltimore, MD - 50
Detroit, MI - 49
Memphis, TN - 43So predictable that a toolbox would show up here calling for a circlejerk
durrrrrrrrrrrrr 🤡
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Lived in Tunica for a few years back. Came down from Michigan. It was hot,humid, windy,flat and straight line roads with people doing 90mph in the middle of nowhere!
There was a nice trail at Arkabutla reservoir. Could get about 6 miles in with a big long perfect hill about half mile long. Got to know the park rangers. They were very nice. Everybody was nice.
I'd run on the golf course early in the morning. No problem because nobody out that early. Could get very windy!
Its been a while but Tunica had this amazing huge Gym/Health center. Also I think 50meter indoor pool. Top of line new tread mills. Sometimes it was to hot,humid or raining so would use he TM. If had every imaginable weight machine. Hardly anyone used it. Or maybe did at different time than when I was there.
FYI Memphis has hills towards the river....think about it. At the time there was a raced called Cooper...something 4 miler. It was a rollercoaster! Half mile up.....half mile down....half.mile up....half mile...ect. It was fun! Memphis running club folks at the race were snobs. They must have been pissed a Yankee master kicked their asses. Same at Gibson 5K/Elvis 5K.
I never stepped foot in the Casino while there. Too busy working and flying in/out. Wish I had time to enjoy the Blues historical background.
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Memphis Bound? wrote:
There is a chance I may be relocating to the Memphis area and was wondering how the running there is. I toured around some Memphis neighborhoods and suburbs (Germantown) with Google Streetview and it seems that there are no sidewalks in a lot of areas. Do people in the Memphis suburbs just run on the street? Any suggestions of runnable neighborhoods/suburbs? Many thanks!
Run away. Memphis is even worse than Baltimore.
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does memphis have a lot of trans?
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Central Gardens wrote:
There are a lot of nice areas around Cooper Young and Central Gardens. Stay on that side of the train tracks, though.
Looks nice on Google Streetview with good sidewalks! Thanks!
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Badcompany wrote:
Run at all times:
Murder Rates in Large Cities per 100,000 residents:
Baltimore, MD - 50
Detroit, MI - 49
Memphis, TN - 43Yeah, safety was one of my concerns too, which is why I was considering living in Germantown and then commuting, but IDK how Germantown is either
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Elvis in Memphis wrote:
I would not recommend running along normal roads in Memphis. Drivers are crazy.
I drive to the Greenline and run there. Shelby Farms Park is another option. Overton park is very small.
Memphis has one of the biggest running clubs in the country. They also organize great cheap races.There are also a bunch of running groups.
One is Sea Isle Park runners, you find them on facebook I think.Right now the weather is perfect for running in Memphis but soon it will be a hot humid mess. From July to mid October it can be pretty bad.
If you have more questions, keep asking.
These are great resources, thank you! How’s your experience with the Memphis Runners road races? Are the courses accurately measured?
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