I'm heading to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on New Years day and will be spending about a week down there. I was wondering if anyone here has traveled there and could offer some insight on the running scene. Any good trails to check out? Places to stay away from? Places you HAVE to see?
Muchas Gracias
stay in Manlius, esé. We dont want yur kind down here. Plus, I hear our roads are bad on the shins, homes.
Was there last year for my B-day. Drove there from LA.
I would stay on beach or boardwalk.
I speak the language fluenty, have family there, don't walk around like an idiot tourist, and it was still dangerous to get off the beaten path. I did it, but it was risky and it doesn't sound like you know Mexico so stay around the beach. Also, you can also avoid the absolutely nuts drivers around there. They'll do their best not to hit you since the law is really harsh down there, but if you survive the hit, you'll probably go to jail for causing a distraction and causing an accident. I am dead serious, pun intended.
...there is a dirt track in a soccer 'stadium' across the street from the marriott and sheraton...jog 5 minutes over there and do a million laps...don't go down the side streets next to the stadium unless you are wearing your steel lower limb protectors...if you don't get run over you will get bit...other than that puetro vallarta is great...
I would say find a treadmill i was there on my honeymoon a year and a half ago and ran the first day outside and got yelled at by anyone outside. The treadmill sucked but was more fun than the cat calls or getting hit by a car.
I was there a year ago for my honeymoon staying at the Sheraton right across from the track. Its a mondo track now. That is where I did most of my running. A couple days I tried to run around town or along the coast and it sucked. There are no shoulders and the roads in town are a shitty version of cobblestone. Basically just rocks stuck in the pavement here and there. The boardwalk is good, but short. So I say go to the track or stay on the treadmill.
My husband ran on our honeymoon - why would I expect the RUNNER I married to stop running (remember, he's a RUNNER) because we're on our honeymoon? My RUNNER is happier (and thus more pleasant to be around) when he's got his run in...Besides, I got in some quality pool and sunshine time on my own.
hmmm, lets see: 24 hours in a day, 9/10 miles in one hour. If you sleep 9 hours, how much "honeymoon sex" can you possibly have for the remaining 15 hours...?
Besides, what if your wife is a runner?
Clearly "give up the ghost already" is NOT a true runner if he/she thinks like that.....