Posts Categorized: Routes

Just did a short job in Buenos Aires. Where it’s winter.  It gets dark early.  People walk down the street bundled up in scarfs and thick jackets.  The other runners I saw were all in tights and compression sleeves.   People huddle together against the cold while waiting for the bus. It was 50°. So anyway, it was… Read more »

I’m in lovely Grapevine, Texas. Really, it’s nice here. Good flat roads, not a lot of traffic. I’m staying at the Gaylord Texan, which is a totally unremarkable place, but it’s remarkably close to a nice residential area, which seems very runner friendly. I had a couple of good runs, yesterday with a buddy, so… Read more »

Well, my job in Miami was just fine — no major stress, good people.  Couldn’t fit in a speed workout, and wound up doing the same out and back three times.  Normally that would be unremarkable, but this was a great out and back.  Pancake flat, starting on a boardwalk, then sidewalk (ok so it’s… Read more »

Very happy, but wish it was a little longer, and that the first mile was a little quieter, but for what is obviously a heavily populated area it’s a good loop. Run from Marriott Canyon Villas / JW MarriottFind more Runs in Phoenix, Arizona

My job often brings me to some challenging cities for running.  Vegas.  Orlando.  Orlando.  Vegas.  Orlando has some great places to run, to be sure.  The problem is that I’m often staying on the Disney World property which is not runner friedly.  The resorts are often accessed only by 55 mph roads populated by drivers… Read more »

I’m running Boston this spring,; I’m waiting for a plan I ordered from Greg McMillan.  16 weeks of training will begin on the 28th, so I have another week of listless sloth.  OK, that’s not exactly right, but I’m not running hard, trying to establish a good base to offset burnout.  So it’s hard to… Read more »

"bottom" of the aqueduct to teatown and backFind more Runs in Croton On Hudson, New York This is a great loop. There’s good parking at the water treatment plant in Ossining which puts you right on the aqueduct. A quick right hand turn, one killer hill, then through Teatown, more killer rolling hills, then the… Read more »