Denver Neighborhood Running

green space wrote:

Also - any general denver living tips/opinions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Yeah - move to Flagstaff instead.

If this job were in flagstaff - I'd go there!

well, if your anywhere near the Broncos staduim/Elitches theme park, theres a trail there that follows the s. platte. I dont know what it does going east(though it goes pretty far), but you can take that South all the way to chatfield lake and futher, of you can go west and take it all the way to golden, though i seriousy doubt youll be running that far as far a track, idk as i live west of denver by golden

South of Downtown, between downtown and DU is a nice spot. Wash Park is the main hub, with a 2.5mi dirt outer trail and South High school across the street with a track. Good bus routes to downtown and light rail; nice neighborhood and convenient.

You don't have as ideal access to trails/open spaces/etc, but there are decent runs/soft surfaces to be had without traveling. Cheesman park is within running distance and has a loop, 7th ave has a nice grassy median to run down, the Platte river trail has gravel/dirt sides as you head south out of Cherry Creek.

Use the search function, dickhead.

Where is your job in Denver? Littleton is nice and has the platte river trail around it. Boulder is not far either (45min commute with traffic). Or if you didnt want to go that far, Westminster is nice. Aurora on the east side also has plenty of trails and is not as congested.

Highlands Ranch is good for running - perhaps not as dense as you'd like it and it's a bit more of a family orientated area, so it just depends what stage in life you are at. Plenty of trails and High School tracks are never too far away.

Apparently Jefferson County (West side of Denver) lock all their tracks so you can't get access to them?

Commerce City FTW

When are you moving? I'm moving to Denver next month. Looking for a roommate?

A true Denver resident can flesh this out a bit more, but I stayed w/ a friend, believe she lived in the Governor's Park neighborhood, I remember a great park nearby (Washington?) that was quite pleasant for a run.

Are all jefferson county tracks really locked?

I'm probably moving in late january - give or take. I'll be working as an R+D engineer in west lakewood (near the intersection of W Colfax Ave and simms). The area itself looks terrible from what I saw.

Ideally I'd like to do a running-commute (I did this at a prior job...it was awesome). So a ~5mile radius would be best if possible....

Thanks for all your help!

Ah no way thats my hood! haha no joke, south table mesa is the BEST place to run, the local college colorado school of mines (ranked #3 div 2) has some of their top guys run it consistently. you can run up to 15 miles on the dirt circuts on top without repeating anything. Just park at 20th and youngfield and head west down 20th to the mesa

Sorry to keep at it - but do you guys have any tips on track access? (indoor tracks?)

Also - how is the winter weather for running? I am coming from a bit north of boston, and would be curious about feasible outdoor training would be during the winter for mid-d events...

Thanks!