I'm going to be up in Vancouver for a conference next week and was hoping that someone here might be able to point me toward a track within warmup distance of Westin-Bayshore (sandwiched between downtown and Stanley Park).
Looking for a track, of course, that is open for outsiders to run workouts in the mornings or evenings.
Thanks.
haha, thats the problem with vancouver, no tracks. The closest to the hotel district would probably be somewhere in the point grey area near UBC (but even UBC doesn't have one). There is one in the Shaughnessy area. If you are renting a car you can head up to SFU (25-30 minute drive from downtown depending on traffic) or Swangard Stadium. There are some at high schools but they all suck. The Brockton oval in stanley park is like a gravel track, but I'm not sure about the distance. Vancouver is getting a mondo track at the end of the summer I think.
The closest real tracks would be in North Vancouver at Handsworth
or in Burnaby at Burnaby Central,
http://www.burnabycentral.com/
neither of them within reasonable warmup distance.
You might want to contact bcathletics.org and see if there is a club workout you can join while you are here.
vancouverite wrote:
Vancouver is getting a mondo track at the end of the summer I think.
where did you hear this?
where is it going?
who is paying for it?