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The most running-friendly/unfriendly cities

guest — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:02:45 GMT

I too travel quite a bit - my votes for friendly cities include La Jolla, Ca; Canberra Aus; Bergen Norway (personnel favorite)

unfriendly cities: Bangkok, Thailand - except for luipini park;

The most running-friendly/unfriendly cities

guest — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:58:53 GMT

Hendersonville NC. Hundreds of miles of trails and country roads where you seldom see a car,

Wrightsville Beach gets a thumbs up also.

The most running-friendly/unfriendly cities

guest — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:03:41 GMT

I'm surprised no one has nentioned Boulder or Eugene.

The most running-friendly/unfriendly cities

guest — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:11:47 GMT

The runners have spoken! The results of the The World's Most Running-Friendly City survey are in. Take a look at Running Routes and enjoy!

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guest — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:48:40 GMT

Austin is definitely friendly, as is San Francisco if you're not staying downtown, carless, as I was last time I was there. Dallas has made tremendous strides--used to be there was White Rock Lake and that was it; now they've added several trails, and most of the other municipalities have trail systems as well. Waco is very runner-friendly; above and beyond the park, you have the ability to run all the way from Baylor to MCC, and the suburb of Woodway just added some dirt trails at Midway Park. The streets are usually not too busy except during peak morning/afternoon drive hours.

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guest — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:14:05 GMT

San Luis Obispo Co. Very friendly, We have beautiful running trails and beach to run through Pismo Beach and Avila Beach. Drivers are usually considerate of runners and bikers. Our climate is mild in Arroyo Grande our average temp year round is about 70 degree's. I never ran before we moved here and this place makes it very easy to get outside to exercise.

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guest — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:18:18 GMT

I'll add the San Francisco Bay Area cities of Palo Alto, CA and its neighbors (Mountain View, Los Altos, etc.) to the running-friendly side. Flat terrain, nice wide bike lanes everywhere (great for both running and biking), sane drivers, lots of parks and pretty, safe residential neighborhoods. And there's always the Stanford University campus, very large, very green and crisscrossed with running/biking trails. I used to live in the area; now when I visit, I can't wait to get out and run.

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guest — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:12:26 GMT

Tampa Bay is super runner friendly. White sand beaches, tons of parks, planned communities with walking/running trails, races every weekend, etc make this a great area to live and be a runner. Hats off to Tampa Bay!

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guest — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:29:26 GMT

I have to agree with you on Tampa Bay! I live in Carrollwood and it's very runner friendly. I will take my long runs down to Bayshore- long and wide sidewalk right on the water. just a great feeling to run there.

fyi- I read that they are bringing a Rock n Roll full to St Pete in February!

I also have to second that the San Francisco area is gorgeous and very runner friendly

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guest — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:03:17 GMT

i would have to say that austin tx is one of the most incredible running and biking cities in the world. there are great trail and road coarses with town lake trail gping through downtown austin that is a huge favorite among locals for the atmosphere. im starting to log some of the trails with maps and photos on my website at http://www.eliterunnersworld.com