I recently moved from hilly central Mass. out to Boston and am in search of a good hill to do repeats on. Anything within a 2 mile radius of the Fenway Park area? Or even T accessible? Thanks.
I recently moved from hilly central Mass. out to Boston and am in search of a good hill to do repeats on. Anything within a 2 mile radius of the Fenway Park area? Or even T accessible? Thanks.
Try Summit Avenue. Its off Beacon just past Coolidge Corner. Its a good steep hill to do repeats on.
There's this little race they have in Boston on Patriot's Day. The last 6 miles have some well-known undulations in them that you may be able to run up and then back down again.
Try Jamaica Pond/Franklin Park area. Plenty of hills in that area.
You will find track clubs, colleges and people in training doing repeats on Summit Ave every day of the yr.
Yeah, Summit Ave is a great hill...took me 3 minutes to get to the top. Also another good hill is Pinckney St. on Beacon Hill.
flightless wrote:
There's this little race they have in Boston on Patriot's Day. The last 6 miles have some well-known undulations in them that you may be able to run up and then back down again.
Actually its miles 16 to 21.5 or so so not really within his desired range unless he takes the T
Take the Green Line "D" Branch out to Woodland and run in the course. You'll hit all but the first of the Newton Hills.
Or take it out to Riverside. As you exit the station and take a right. Follow that road for about a mile until you are forced to go left or right (by a church and graveyard). Go Left and you'll shortly come down to the course in Newton Lower falls, just before the 16 mile mark. Go left and follow the course back in, hitting all the hills.
you don't have to follow commonwealth ave very far to get into some hills from the fenway area. beacon is flat closer to the city, commonwealth is NOT.
Parker Hill Avenue (the longest, steepest street in Mission Hill) was my personal favorite when I lived in Jamaica Plain. It's just off Huntington Avenue a bit past Longwood. Beautiful view once you get to the top, and the neighborhood isn't nearly as bad as some people on here would lead you to believe. Summit Avenue is also good.
I was just over on Parker Hill ave the other day. Man, that's a huge hill alright.
Bunker Hill in Charlestown-but its pushing the 2 mile limit
Recommended Daily Allowance wrote:
Try Jamaica Pond/Franklin Park area. Plenty of hills in that area.
Exactly. The arboretum in JP is a good bet for a few hills. Nothing incredibly long, but at least you'll be able to run on grass/dirt.
Summit Ave near Anna's on Beacon Street is pretty solid.