Bros,
I'm staying at the hampton inn university center (oakland) right by pitt. where should i run tomorrow morning? schenley park? the other direction? would like the chance to stay soft if possible (realize it may not be) and would ideally be running from the hotel. ~60min.
Thanks LR collective.
bro on.
where should you run tomorrow?
anywhere but pittsburgh.
Shenley is your best bet. there are some dirt horse trails in there
Schenley Park park is pretty nice and probably your best bet. Alternatively you could hop on the "Jail Trail", which is a flat bike path (paved with a gravel jogging path along side) along the Monongahela river. Just take a right when you get to the trail and head downtown and back. Here's how to run there from your hotel: http://tinyurl.com/4ozvc9m
I suggest running towards the city line and not looking back ;)
my buddyout there runs north park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Park_
(Pittsburgh)
also frick park is good
make sure you lock your girlfriend in the hotel room, if you let her outside Big Ben will rape her
North Park is far from Oakland. I'd recommend linking Schenley to Frick Park. One big ~9mi loop. Of course, since you don't know the trails inside the parks you'll probably get lost so my advice may not help much. Jail trail, not as cool but maybe harder to get lost. Pittsburgh is dope, don't listen to these fools.
Harrisburg, you should run in Harrisburg.
On a treadmill.
no question: Canton Avenue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Avenue
37 degree climb - maybe the steepest street in the world.
fresh meat wrote:
make sure you lock your girlfriend in the hotel room, if you let her outside Big Ben will rape her
Only if she goes into a bathroom stall at a dive bar with him.
fresh meat wrote:
make sure you lock your girlfriend in the hotel room, if you let her outside Big Ben will rape her
No worries if she is over 20.
Don't run in Pittsburgh. Just pass.
Into the nearest body of water.
Hey, Chris - "soft" might get you "muddy", if you're okay with that. The best bet from where you are is, as people have mentioned, Schenley Park -- but the trails still have a bit of snow & ice on them and are in mid-melt. For 60 min (how fast?), you'll have to be creative with mixing up the trails, but it's quite possible to get 9mi in Schenley without too much repetition.
If you want flat, run down to the south side trail (it's the other side of the river from the jail trail -- better views and less traffic noise). A very reasonable run is to head down Panther Hollow from near Pitt, cross the Hot Metal bridge, and then hang a left onto that section of the south side trail. Out & back you can get about 10 miles on that from Pitt. The profile is down about 200 feet and then flat (and then back). The trail is dry and nice right now, and there's a bit of dirt on the side of it that you can run on for about half of the trail. If you look at the first few miles of this run:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/68188685
You'lll see what I'm talking about. (Just don't make fun of my pace while running with my girlfriend for the first three miles. :-)
Squeak if you want more suggestions.
btw: To get there from your hotel, run along Forbes, turn right on Bouquet st., and then down the cobblestones of Joncaire st. At the end of Joncaire, turn right - the road turns into a bike + pedestrian path (panther hollow), which is shown on the previous map I pointed you to.
Happy running!
mt. washington...great view of the city, just run across the liberty bridge and up the hill