October 20, 2006
Here's a few running routes I like:
Moderately hilly 10 miler starting at English Village, going thru Southside and downtown, then back again. Some of this is part of the Mercedes Half Marathon.
Relatively flat out-and-back on the Shades Creek Greenway, through Brookwood Mall parking area and onto Jemison Trail until Overbrook Road. This is a good one for solo running; you don't have to worry much about traffic. However, I hate the surface on the Jemison Trail. 8.6 miles, and if I run it from home and back, that adds another 2.5 miles for a total of 11.1 miles. Ouch.
Vulcan Run 10K route - This run is really nice. It's similar to the first one I posted that's 10 miles long and also contains some streets used in the Mercedes Marathon. The only thing I don't like about it is running on the concrete sidewalks through Highland Avenue.
Trak Shak 5-miler. This is a good 5 mile run but every time I run it, someone in an SUV or pickup truck buzzes me. The problem is that stupid idiots are speeding through Homewood neighborhood streets as a cut-through to busier roads, and the Homewood police aren't doing a damn thing about it.
Hmm. That's about all I do so far but hopefully I will learn some new routes this winter. I like running from Southside to Downtown especially during weekend mornings because Downtown is dead and oftentimes you can run in the middle of the street (this is good because roads are banked, and you can get weird aches and pains from running slightly crooked). Most of the time I just use the Shades Creek Greenway with the addition of the S Lakeshore Drive (a dead end street), which is 1.5 miles out and back. People I run with say Greenway is boring but at least I am still alive to run it again.
Have a GREAT weekend!
Posted by megabeth at October 20, 2006 02:04 PM
