Find a Favorite Run - No Matter Where Your Travels Take You
In hopes of running the 2007 NYC Marathon (we've entered the lottery and will know for sure sometime this summer), we've really worked at increasing our running mileage and intensity in recent weeks. But for us, as for many people who travel a lot, finding a place to run when we're not at home can sometimes be troubling. We remember in particular, a course through the hills near San Diego which seemed like a good idea when we set out, but soon proved to be more challenging than expected -- not because of the hills, but because of the lack of a decent shoulder along the road we followed, which meant that the large trucks that barrelled along what we thought was a country road, came perilously close to pinning us against the rocky cliffs on more than one occasion.
Thankfully, we've found a solution to the problem of finding a great running trail, no matter where we go. By clicking over to Favoriterun.com we can check out the routes used by folks who know the territory better than we do by just entering a zip code. USA Track & Field also has a helpful database of running routes entered by energetic users. StepWhere also plans to serve as a directory of favorite runs, but so far, not enough people have entered routes to make it very useful.
Thankfully, we've found a solution to the problem of finding a great running trail, no matter where we go. By clicking over to Favoriterun.com we can check out the routes used by folks who know the territory better than we do by just entering a zip code. USA Track & Field also has a helpful database of running routes entered by energetic users. StepWhere also plans to serve as a directory of favorite runs, but so far, not enough people have entered routes to make it very useful.
posted by Insider Travel Guides at 10:23 AM
1 Comments:
http://www.mapmyrun.com is another site where you can do all this. We have a new version of the site ready to go so check it out at http://beta.mapmyrun.com and let me know what you think by clicking on the Contact Us Link.
Cheers,
-Kevin
kevin@mapmyrun.com
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