If you were to relocate to a country outside the US in order to train for mountain, ultra, trail running, where would you move? Considering access to trails and wilderness areas, potential for training partners/groups, races, cost of living, cities to live in or not live in, etc. Whatchya got?
One of my former college roommates loved the time he spent in New Zealand for trail running.
Probably Russia because it is the biggest.
Ethiopia. Hilly and the weather is pleasant year-round.
Germany has lots of trails, and surprisingly Korea has many but more so for hiking rather than running
I think I'd narrow it down a bit.
Peru. The Incans created a ton of paths used for communication, many of which are still in existence. Also many of them are at altitude so that is nice.
LI runner21 wrote:
Germany has lots of trails, and surprisingly Korea has many but more so for hiking rather than running
Korea's trails are straight up the sides of mountains and back down again. Complete with stairs.
And there are 10,000 middle age people on them wearing $1000+ worth of hiking gear and bags that might be practical if they were in the Himalayas or Andes, but instead makes them look like retards.
AuTRAILia! It's got "trail" right in the name! In serious though if you're going for mountain/ultra running you probably couldn't go wrong with the Alps in Italy/France/Switzerland.
what about Finland?
kangaroojack wrote:
AuTRAILia! It's got "trail" right in the name! In serious though if you're going for mountain/ultra running you probably couldn't go wrong with the Alps in Italy/France/Switzerland.
Second this, I ran around the kuringai national park near sydney- it was awesome.
And France has the Grand Randonée of marked trails, so wherever you go you can guarantee good stuff.