My team and I are trying to plan a spring break trip this year to some place that has great places to run. Rather its awsome trails,scenery, or altitude we want to be somewhere else besides the midwest! We are looking at heading either Southeast or Southwest since they are the closes driving wise. I've heard of some cool places to run in North Carolina (zap fitness) and Tennesse. Anybody got any ideas?..thanks
Taos, NM
Flagstaff, AZ
San Luis Obispo/Los Osos, CA
bump
You should consider Moab, UT. It's obvioulsy a mountain bike mecca, but where there are mountain bikers, there are trails. And unlike MTBers, you can run the trails in the National Parks (Arches and Canyonlands are w/in five miles of town and have 100's of miles of trails). There are a ton of places to camp out, including many free areas on BLM land, but there are also many cheap "mom and pop" hotels. Check out the APACHE MOTEL, they are about 2 blocks from downtown, cheap and even have a "John Wayne" suit... many of "The Duke's" westerns were filmed in nearby Castle Valley.
The weather in March is generally 60's to 70's, sunny and dry. It's at just over 3000' altitude and there's a dirt track at the HS in town. It's also easy to find area maps with all the trails. There are also limitless miles of dirt roads.
doyle wrote:
You should consider Moab, UT. It's obvioulsy a mountain bike mecca, but where there are mountain bikers, there are trails. And unlike MTBers, you can run the trails in the National Parks (Arches and Canyonlands are w/in five miles of town and have 100's of miles of trails). There are a ton of places to camp out, including many free areas on BLM land, but there are also many cheap "mom and pop" hotels. Check out the APACHE MOTEL, they are about 2 blocks from downtown, cheap and even have a "John Wayne" suit... many of "The Duke's" westerns were filmed in nearby Castle Valley.
The weather in March is generally 60's to 70's, sunny and dry. It's at just over 3000' altitude and there's a dirt track at the HS in town. It's also easy to find area maps with all the trails. There are also limitless miles of dirt roads.
I agree. Moab and the polygamist towns of southern Utah are all a great choice. I'd run Grand Staircase/Escalante Nat'l Monument for a week if I had the time.