Hey all,
I am headed to Memphis for a business conference in a couple of weeks and will be staying at one of the hotels on Shady Grove Rd, which looks like it is off the 240 and Poplar. Is there good running in this area?
I am deciding between 2 hotels and need to figure out if it will be necessary to use the treadmills or if it is safe/good running in the area.
Thanks.
I don't know Memphis that well, but I visited over the Summer for a week. You are actually in an awesome location for running. I ran in that same area you are staying. Wolf River is just a few minutes away, and it is a scenic although short trail. Also, just a couple minutes further away is Shelby Farms park which has actual trails. Rhodes College does their annual cross country home meet there, and it is also the site of DIII South/Southeast Region this year.
I hope this helps. I definitely thought it was worth it to get off the treadmill for these locations. I had no problem doing 10 mile runs without feeling bored.
Shouldn't it be Walking in Memphis?
"Walking in Memphis" is the signature song of American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, from his self-titled 1991 album. The song became Cohn's biggest hit, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, after being re-released in fall 1991, reached #22 on the UK chart. The popularity of this song helped Cohn win the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1991.
Guy at the gym wrote:
I don't know Memphis that well, but I visited over the Summer for a week. You are actually in an awesome location for running. I ran in that same area you are staying. Wolf River is just a few minutes away, and it is a scenic although short trail. Also, just a couple minutes further away is Shelby Farms park which has actual trails. Rhodes College does their annual cross country home meet there, and it is also the site of DIII South/Southeast Region this year.
I hope this helps. I definitely thought it was worth it to get off the treadmill for these locations. I had no problem doing 10 mile runs without feeling bored.
Awesome! Good to hear. Thank you.
As for the walking in memphis comment...I knew it was coming. Glad its over now...
i was going to play off the walking with memphis joke until you ruined it with the long winded most likely wiki quote. took all the fun out
bahhh wrote:
i was going to play off the walking with memphis joke until you ruined it with the long winded most likely wiki quote. took all the fun out
Okay, maybe I can offer a reset:
He'll go to Memphis in the Meantime.
What? All the Way to Memphis?
House_Atreides wrote:
Shouldn't it be Walking in Memphis?
"Walking in Memphis" is the signature song of American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, from his self-titled 1991 album. The song became Cohn's biggest hit, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, after being re-released in fall 1991, reached #22 on the UK chart. The popularity of this song helped Cohn win the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1991.
Wow, thanks for that, I'd never heard of it before!
Generally speaking east Memphis is very safe...or at least it was about 12 years ago when I lived there. Shelby Farms is great for runs. Contact the CBU head coach for tips on the area. They just had their home meet a few weeks ago on the south side of the park.
The Wolf River trails are good. They are not always maintained perfectly, but, tend to be pretty good. There are some pretty good dips and sharp turns. Plus, you may have to fight bikers for the trail since they technically own it.
Lastly, if you want a hilly long run, you can go north to Shelby forest, a state park about 25-30 minutes north of where you'll be. It's right on the Mississippi and you can find all sorts of long runs looping through the area. For a guy like me from track-flat south Louisiana, it was torture.
Additionally, you could run west on Poplar for several miles before you would get into any rough neighborhoods. Once you get past the University of Memphis, it can get rough. So long as you head east to west (or vice versa) on Poplar you should be safe. Don't go north to south.
Contact the Breakaway store in Germantown if you need more info:
They just opened up a large portion of the Greenline, starting from the Shelby Farms area.
bahhh wrote:
i was going to play off the walking with memphis joke until you ruined it with the long winded most likely wiki quote. took all the fun out
Play on, play on
I second Shelby Farms you can put in a lot of miles there.
Thank you everyone!
Marc Cohn was at Oberlin about as long as Vin Lanana if you want to tie running back into the thread.
Westerner... wrote:
Hey all,
I am headed to Memphis for a business conference in a couple of weeks and will be staying at one of the hotels on Shady Grove Rd, which looks like it is off the 240 and Poplar. Is there good running in this area?
I am deciding between 2 hotels and need to figure out if it will be necessary to use the treadmills or if it is safe/good running in the area.
Thanks.
Westerner, take it from a fellow visitor to Memphis.
1. Across the street from Shelby Farms and just to the west is Wolf Creek...amazing single trail along the banks of Wolf Creek. It should be perfect at this time of year. Far better than Shelby Farms IMHO.
2. The sports fields complex of Memphis State University. Oddly, they are about 1 mile from campus itself in a quiet residential neighborhood. You can get in a 1.5 mile perimeter loop all on grass...very nice.
3. Just north of the MSU sports fields is a unfenced muni golf course where you can get in a 3 mile loop...all on grass.
Hope this helps.