The Ten Worst States for Distance Running

Ninetonite wrote:

My worst states for running list:

Who cares about your list. Start your own thread and you will see that nobody cares about what you think. And by the way, you are wrong.

7/10

Surprised so many people are this stupid. Wait. No I'm not.

The Smartest Let's Run Poster wrote:

dfsdfsdf wrote:

When was the last time you heard about a distance runner from Hawaii?

Alaska?

Montana?

Revise your list.

Most of Montana and Alaska both have great weather three seasons of the year and mountain trails to run on. Hawaii has consistent weather, incredible views, one of the largest marathons in the world, and some of the most varied terrain on the planet. Hawaii makes the top 10.

Yesz but Alaska has bears

I would agree Nebraska is the worst state to run in the country.

Great troll attempt, Quietly throwing NJ in there to get mutliple people overly pissed off.

8/10

Arunnertoo wrote:

Idaho. Name one runner from Idaho.

Too late. All of them already have names.

KANSAS.

Ninetonite wrote:

Best states:

Oregon/New York/Massachusetts/California: excellent competition and a real running culture

Colorado/New Mexico/Arizona: altitude, lots of dirt to run on

Oregon.... great for training and track and cross country racing, but road racing there sucks balls for many reasons.

Colorado and New Mexico are great for training, but who wants to road race slow at high altitude? Have to travel to sea level (fly or drive several hours) to get some fast times (excluding the few aided point-to-point/downhill courses). Arizona is at least within decent driving distance between Flagstaff/Phoenix for some sea level racing.

Puerto Rico.

Idaho needs to be on the list. I was born and raised and still live here and even I agree that it sucks.

Kansas is an area of the world with one of the greatest amounts temperature variability. In the winter it can be 10 below with 40 mph winds and the summer it can be 110 without the heat index. Not to mention the pollen in the spring, summer and fall.You will never have a workout without at least a 15 mph wind, it's usually much higher. It is common to have the wind at 25-35 mph and gusts 40+.Yesterday it rained at 3:00 and the temperature went from 108 to 78. I decided to get a run in, by the time I got back the temp had rose back to 103 with a heat index of 116 - the dew point was 79! I was only gone an hour. WTF Kansas?

DeadSunFlower wrote:

KANSAS.

Ninetonite wrote:

My worst states for running list:

Maine/Vermont/New Hamshire: pretty but a lack of top competition and all that snow in winter

Tennessee/Alabama/Missouri/Florida/Georgia/South Carolina: way too friggin hot 10 months of the year

Virgina/West Virginia/Utah/North Dakota: armpits of America

Best states:

Oregon/New York/Massachusetts/California: excellent competition and a real running culture

Colorado/New Mexico/Arizona: altitude, lots of dirt to run on

You, sir, have contracted vaginitis. Man up.

Gotta feed the trolls everyone once and a while...

I like the list for the most part but I think Minnesota shouldn't be on there.

Honorable mentions: Idaho? Nevada? Wyoming? Arkansas?

Those sound like terrible states to run in.

What about the BEST states?

FlaNative wrote:

How could that list not have included Florida? Agree that Alabama and Mississippi are horrible, but you at least have cool weather in each of those states for part of the year.

Florida's weather alone should cancel out anything else it has going for it, which isn't much.

um.. because florida is one of the best distance running states there is. lots of talent, doesnt get cold in the winter, the summer heat isnt a reason to say its a bd running state, if anything it makes you tougher

Missouri? Really?

Matt Tegenkamp, Joe Falcon, Mark Curp, Serena Burla, Jason Pyrah, Michael Cox, Seth Summerside, Jason Lehmkuhle, Heather Burroughs, Olympic triathlete Sarah Haskins, Joe Luechtmann, Art Waddle...

Terrain? Ever hear of the Ozarks?

Considering the amazing weather and the large population in North Carolina and how f'ing slow the state meet results are every damn year, I'd nominate NC for the worse state. No state is further from its potential in distance running than NC. Now sprints and field events are a different story.

You haven't been paying attention to the results. NC has been holding its own for the last several years and is getting better every season. Check out the Footlocker results from the last 3-4 years, lots of NC names.

3/10

You got a lot of serious responses, but you had to keep replying to keep the ball rolling.

every state has bad running areas and good running areas. EG: the part of VA I'm in is a hellhole. Two hours south or southwest there are great places to run. Four hours south it gets crappy again.