Where do YOU run?

[alisterblue.livejournal.com]

To all the Runners out there:

Hey there! I'm new to the Davis Square area and am currently training for a spring marathon. I just started the training, so I don't have to do any really long runs for a while, but I'm having a hard time finding pleasant routes. The snow/ice doesn't bother me, but the cars and the traffic do. It would be great to find a few routes that take me away from places like Mass Ave, to mix things up a bit.

So my question is.. Where do you like to run? What are your favorite routes? I'd love to find a few new, enjoyable routes that range anywhere between 3 and 10 (or more) miles. 

Any help would be much appreciated! :)

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

This would be a good time to plug the not-very-active, but could get more active anytime if we get more local runners in, davis_ramblers. :)

(I'm training for Boston. (http://www.tuftsmarathonchallenge.com/runners/jude)

Where exactly are you starting from? This (http://www.baevents.com/jinglebell/jinglebell-2009coursemap.gif) is one of my favorite 5K routes here (just go up the bus lane and cross College to Holland to make it a closed loop).

[alisterblue.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the loop! I unfortunately was out of town the weekend of the Jingle Bell run.. that was something I was hoping to do!

I usually start right in Davis Square (to head down the Minuteman path or down Mass Ave toward the River) or toward Powder House Circle (for an all-too-short Tufts loop). I always see people running along Broadway, so I was hoping to learn more about where everyone's going!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

When I run on the bike path, I prefer to take Broadway into Arlington Center and get on over there because the section between Davis and Alewife is really just kind of annoying.

Also, the cemetary on Broadway at Rt 16 has a .4mile loop in it which is nice for intervals, when you don't want to stray far, or just to top off.

[ron_newman]

I'm tagging this 'local sports' for now so it doesn't get lost, but feel free to create a more appropriate tag and move it there.