Happy Holidays! I am a female marathon runner (27) who is from Boston and staying (around) the Fort Myers area for a week during Christmas. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions of places to run and/or if anyone wants to go for a long run on Saturday (December 29). I do have access to a car. Running routes are stale already! Any help I'll take! Please email me directly if you can help this running lush out:
Cheers!
Head to Koreshan State Park in Estero for some trails.
There's a national wildlife refuge on Sanibel Island - it's about a 5-mile loop, and you probably won't get eaten by alligators. But bring $1 to enter the refuge. It's beautiful, and gravel, so well worth it!
Any other suggestions greatly appreciated. I'll be down there later in January, looking for good trails for long runs, also good places to do workouts.
I live, train, and coach in Fort Myers and I will tell you that there are few soft surface places to run. There are a few parks but at most they have two mile trails and that is it. Caloosahatchee Park is the best and it is in the middle of nowhere. Get used to the pavement.
Thanks for all the great feedback! I'm checking out the scene. I'm actually in Estero and it's not running friendly. I'm getting all crazy by branching out to run in Fort Myers. Looks like there are some trails in Ft. Myers that are calling my name....hopefully aligators don't have a thing for runners.Fun Fun.
...you?
Who am I? Boston-runner who loves the sun, running long distances and has few places to run here in Estero!
~Diona Fulton
Lovers Key state park actually has some decent trails if you don't mind retracing your steps. Take bonita beach road west and it will take you along the gulf and look for the park entrance.
Wow, never thought I'd be offering running advice to you, Diona! Funny that this topic came up just now, though because I just spent about a week around Fort Myers on a family vacation.
As for me, I'll give you a hint, I nearly collided with you at a little 30K race this year...
Lazy L-what is this Let's Run trivia?! The only 30K I think I ran was the North Shore 30K that had us twisting and turning I nearly got motion sick! I usually erase races from the mind once I cross the finish line ;-) I give up!
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