What are some of the worst towns/cities/areas for runners?
One of the worst I think is the florida keys. Tons of tourists, nowhere to run but pavement - or sand, and it gets downright hot in the summer. Is there anywhere worse?
What are some of the worst towns/cities/areas for runners?
One of the worst I think is the florida keys. Tons of tourists, nowhere to run but pavement - or sand, and it gets downright hot in the summer. Is there anywhere worse?
juarez, mexico
yeah, i tried going on a run, had to run for my life
Almost all small towns and rural areas. Nowhere to run but narrow asphalt roads with no shoulder and where people drive 70 mph. And don't forget rednecks.
Wise Guy wrote:
Almost all small towns and rural areas. Nowhere to run but narrow asphalt roads with no shoulder and where people drive 70 mph. And don't forget rednecks.
plenty of small towns have trails nearby
sw va runner wrote:
Wise Guy wrote:Almost all small towns and rural areas. Nowhere to run but narrow asphalt roads with no shoulder and where people drive 70 mph. And don't forget rednecks.
plenty of small towns have trails nearby
Not in my neck of the woods. And you can't run trails at night (i.e. in the winter if you work).
Downtown Detroit
Wise Guy wrote:
Almost all small towns and rural areas. Nowhere to run but narrow asphalt roads with no shoulder and where people drive 70 mph. And don't forget rednecks.
Actually most small towns have miles and miles of dirt roads to run. You might see one or two cars an hour and you get to see some countryside. I prefer them over the concrete "trails" through the city parks. The drawback is the mud when it rains and a few dogs.
ha! The Keys does suck pretty bad! Gotta agree on that one.
optional wrote:
Actually most small towns have miles and miles of dirt roads to run. You might see one or two cars an hour and you get to see some countryside.
Where do you live? 1965?
Wise Guy wrote:
Almost all small towns and rural areas. Nowhere to run but narrow asphalt roads with no shoulder and where people drive 70 mph. And don't forget rednecks.
From Rural Wyoming, and I'd much rather be here than any large city. Roads have plenty of shoulders and even more public land with some of the best trails in the world. Sure there are red necks but it's worth it.
The D wrote:
Downtown Detroit
Downtown Detroit is not bad for running. Have you even been there? No dirt trails to speak of, but the waterfront is nice. Eventually there will be a paved trail from the Ambassador Bridge all the way to Belle Isle.
UnderSnowInWyo wrote:
Wise Guy wrote:Almost all small towns and rural areas. Nowhere to run but narrow asphalt roads with no shoulder and where people drive 70 mph. And don't forget rednecks.
From Rural Wyoming, and I'd much rather be here than any large city. Roads have plenty of shoulders and even more public land with some of the best trails in the world. Sure there are red necks but it's worth it.
There's the difference - you live out west. I forgot how different things are out there. Much better for running, and not just the trail/roads situation. I had a friend from Washington, she told me she had never seen an asphalt track until she moved to North Carolina. I didn't believe her until a few years later when I was driving across the country, and out west every hick town that I pulled into had an eight-lane rubber track at the high school!
We've done this one before. My vote for Shanghai stands.
regradsf wrote:
We've done this one before. My vote for Shanghai stands.
Somewhere crowded in Asia is probably correct.
I don't know what small towns you people are talking about. My entire county in central VA had one traffic light and it was easy to find 5+ mile dirt road stretches with 3 cars an hour.
optional wrote:
Actually most small towns have miles and miles of dirt roads to run. You might see one or two cars an hour and you get to see some countryside.
Wise Guy wrote:
Where do you live? 1965?
What i said is true for most of the country. I guess you are from the east coast?
optional wrote:
optional wrote:Actually most small towns have miles and miles of dirt roads to run. You might see one or two cars an hour and you get to see some countryside.
Wise Guy wrote:
Where do you live? 1965?
What i said is true for most of the country. I guess you are from the east coast?
Really? I just find that hard to believe.
I am from the East Coast. There were actually a fair amount of dirt roads out in the country where I'm from until like, 15 years ago. There are plenty of places to run where I live (big college town/provincial capital), but out in the country . . . not so much.
Wise Guy wrote:
Almost all small towns and rural areas. Nowhere to run but narrow asphalt roads with no shoulder and where people drive 70 mph. And don't forget rednecks.
I agree with this. We moved briefly to Waleska, GA (about an hour north of Atlanta). There weren't any dirt roads or trails nearby. We purchased detailed maps and drove half the county. The actual roads were mostly highway type roads with short distance neighborhood roads w/basically no shoulder, leading back to the highway roads. And, while I found an 8 mile loop to avoid most of the highways, the rednecks and their unbelievable pit bulls/other dangerous dogs were basically every other house. One guy had a pit bull named "Clyde" that he "trained" by forcing him to move a 100 pound weight on a chain every time he walked one step. Looked like Arnold Scwartz-a-dog. I have never been chased by so many dogs and the stupid rednecks who own them just don't understand the problem.
Thank GOD we were able to move back to Central Florida, where there are plenty of trails. Actually the running scene (or lack of one) played a ver large role in our decision to move back.
Maybe our definition of rural is different. I'm talking about very low population density areas with mostly farm/ranch land.
Anywhere in New England as of the past few weeks
Barrow, Alaska
Dark, extreme cold, wildlife that will eat you on sight, the usual.