What's the farthest you usually run on the roads?

26.2

26.2 miles.

I have done 18 mile training runs on asphalt and concrete. In fact the last 6 years all of my running has been on hard surfaces. There are no decent trails near my house.

As to not tie this to any person or event, just generally, it is time really for runners to stop running on the roads.

Running or biking with traffic is just not a good idea. I understand the enjoyment of it, especially out on country roads. I used to do that back in the day.

Even with motorcycles (which are easier to see than runners and bikers), there are issues...won't ever see me riding one. My Fire Chief/paramedic brother-in-law calls them "donor cycles".

Feeling entitled or that it is your right to run on roads shared with cars does not protect you from bad drivers, distracted drivers, inexperienced drivers, drunk drivers.

I HATE the stories of runners and bikers getting killed by cars. It happens all too often.

I hope for all of your sakes, that you will not do this anymore if you indeed are doing it.

Live as long as you are supposed to.

ok, mr. roads are so bad. Lets take 50% of your income and put it to building trails around your area. Threads like this should clue you in that most runners don't want to run on the road, but in many areas there is simply no other option. We should be encouraging runners to seek low trafficked roads with either grassy shoulders or sidewalks not to avoid roads. Its unfortunate that not everyone lives somewhere with 50 miles of trails virtually in their backyard like you.

Anyways, about the farthest I'll run on roads typically is 13 miles, after that I want to drive to a trail, but I have gone farther both in and outside of races.

Christ you're provincial.Before you dispense such idiotic advice you should ask yourself, "Does everyone in the world who runs, run in my city?"It will help you avoid making generalizations about every single runner out there.

I run about 85% on asphalt roads. I ran 32 miles on asphalt the other day.

I've never had any significant running related injury.

Fine work, caught 2 so far.

depends what city i'm in, but if i had a choice i'd never run on pavement unless i'm doing a race that will be over an hour on the roads (1/2 mary and up i suppose)

roads are boring and make my feet hurt

"In the aftermath of his accident, Dr. Tanaka said he could not find any scientific evidence that a softer surface is beneficial to runners, nor could other experts he asked. In fact, it makes just as much sense to reason that runners are more likely to get injured on soft surfaces, which often are irregular, than on smooth, hard ones, he said."

The real question I guess was meant to be asphalt versus trail. Debating the safety of roads isn't really the point.

In my hometown, we have an asphalt "trail" that runs about 12 miles from end to end with only 3 actual road crossings (all three within two miles of one end) the entire way. All other roads the path dips into an underpass to avoid needing to cross the street, so the safety issue is none. A lot of towns I have been to have similar urban "trails" like this.

Also running on country roads is pretty darned safe in terms of traffic. I've run on country roads that only have one car every 5-10 minutes go past. You can see these cars coming minutes in advance, so there is really no risk of getting hit by a car since you have ample time to just step off the road as it goes by.

Yeah mine was one of them. Good work Flag, but you're not a mod, nooooooooooooooooooooooo way.

I've done 21 mile training runs purely on the roads before. Now I rarely do over 7 on the roads, much prefer bike paths even if they are the same asphalt as the roads. Fewer cars to run me over.

I run 70 miles a week on the roads. Long run of 17 miles on Sunday. I've done up to 23mi in a day with doubles on the roads. My Achilles and calves don't like it, but they don't have a choice.