Most scenic running areas?

[Synpax]

A friend of mine is doing the Grandma Marathon in Minnesota. Apparently it is very scenic - along trail and a body of water.

I like running in DC along the canal in Georgetown. There is a towpath there where you have the canal on one side and the Potomac river on the other. It's very scenic and much of it is shaded.

Unfortunatly, the place I run most often is along Lee Highway in Fairfax county. What a dump. What I dislike most is the car exhaust.

What types of places do you like to run?

 

[Daisy_Girl]

When I was REALLY into running I lived in Arlington, VA and worked in Georgetown....the canal is a great place. I also liked doing loops along the National Mall....the big circle from the Capitol to the Lincoln Mem. Had to dodge tourists and stoplights, but it was so much fun.

The "boardwalk" along the beach in San Diego is nice too.

Now I live in Vegas....nowhere good to run here. Plus, it is too damn hot.

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

I run on old railroad tracks, through a beautiful area called "The Alps"...
well, thats what a rusty old sign says. I'm always spoking deer and wild turkey. Then I have snowmobile trails that go though the wilderness, pass a couple little beaver lakes (watching out not to step on turtles), a swamp, and an old waterline trail. I sometimes run with a gun on these trails cause of the rabies outbreak of raccoons in the last few years. Came across a few, but no fighters. Then I have the road that I live on with one other house. I sometimes run the road at night if there is enough moonlight. Come to think of it, all my running routes are scenic....I don't run at my gym.

 

[PoyeBoy]

I run anywhere, I love wooded trails the best, the ones that remind me of cross crountry races,

except for now that my shin splints are back, so I be focked, i so fockin pissed, but grandmas is nice, its along lake superior, thats only 2 hrs away from my place

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I run on the trails next to my home.

 

[Lumberg]

I run on the trails next to my home.

I tend to run on city streets.

 

[dirty~d~]

The "boardwalk" along the beach in San Diego is nice too.

AMEN SISTA! I miss jogging at night along the boardwalk... hearing the waves crash on the beach, the smell of the ocean, the stars... *sigh*. If there was some way to live here in Washington AND in San Diego at the same time I'd be one happy camper.

 

[FigureSkater]

AMEN SISTA! I miss jogging at night along the boardwalk... hearing the waves crash on the beach, the smell of the ocean, the stars... *sigh*. If there was some way to live here in Washington AND in San Diego at the same time I'd be one happy camper.

LOVE SanDiego! I was there in March for a skating competition and went running. It was wonderful.

When I was in college in rural Southwestern Ohio (near the Indiana border), I loved running through farm country (usually listening to country music). I love really old, huge, gorgeous farm houses, and there were always plenty of those to look at. You could also run for miles and not see any traffic, bikers or other runners. It was like I was in my own private world. And it was pretty flat. Plus no obnoxious people to yell "hey baby" or other annoying comments at you!

I live in upstate NY now. The Erie Canal has trails along some parts of it, mostly through Syracuse and in Rochester, that are really nice (but you have to go early in the AM this time of year because you'll be eaten by mosquitoes otherwise). But due to knee problems that are aggravated by the impact on pavement, I stick mostly to my treadmill in the gym!!

 

[txarmyguy23]

Anywhere in west texas was fun for me in college, rolling highways with plenty of hills, The Texas Hill country around San Marcos and SW Austin was fun too...Alaska has some great places but I'm too much of a fatboy now and can't stand the cold enough to want to run that much outside of Army PT

 

[NorgePrecision]

The "boardwalk" along the beach in San Diego is nice too.

Yes! That is a gorgeous place to run and walk. I went in May and stayed at the Marriott down there for a few nights. There was a sweet corvette club meet out on the peninsula with 300+ vettes, so that was nice too.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I wouldn't run on harder ground, if possible. Grass and woodchips is always good.

 

[Synpax]

When I was REALLY into running I lived in Arlington, VA and worked in Georgetown....the canal is a great place. I also liked doing loops along the National Mall....the big circle from the Capitol to the Lincoln Mem. Had to dodge tourists and stoplights, but it was so much fun.

The "boardwalk" along the beach in San Diego is nice too.

Now I live in Vegas....nowhere good to run here. Plus, it is too damn hot.

I am there (Georgetown DC) every week doing a long run. I recently switched from the tow path to the capital crescent which is paved, but in the same area.

 

[carry on]

i live in stamford ct, and i like to run down on the beach. its not bad scenery wise, and theres a 1 mile circle path already outlined so it makes it easy to know how far ive gone

 

[Griz1]

Run through the women's locker room. That'd be pretty scenic!