- Joined
- 3 May 2004
- Posts
- 17,723
- Location
- Kapitalist Republik of Surrey
I just got back from New York and because I love running in new places I stomped out a few miles while I was over there. I thought it would be cool to take a camera out with me since there were a few sights along the way.
But then I thought: we all live in interesting places with interesting sights and history. You see it all the time and probably ignore it. Take a camera out next time you run and take a few snaps along your route and tell us about it, like a rough idea of the distance, terrain and what's along the way. Once I've got my regular routes on here I'm going to keep this thread topped up whenever I go somewhere new, too.
A short trot around Midtown Manhattan, New York...
I started on the corner of 37th Street and 3rd Avenue, around 7:30am:
I ran 3 blocks down to 34th and turned right:
On the way up 34th you can see the Empire State building:
Cross Lexington Avenue:
Cross Madison Avenue:
Wow, it's pretty big when you're next to it!
Up to the corner of 34th and Sixth where I turned right onto Sixth:
Ignore the one-way sign!
Right again at 40th:
Past Bryant Park where there was a some function being set up:
Ran around the New York public library, famous in Ghostbusters, but unfortunately they are renovating it so I couldn't see the bit where they come running out of after they see the old lady in the vaults:
Double back a bit now for some famous roads. Fifth Avenue:
Madison Avenue:
Grand Central station and turn right onto 42nd Street:
Now my favourite building in the whole wide world ever, the Chrysler Building:
Cross, avoiding the steam chimney thing for the municipal heating system (though I still haven't worked out why a vintage municipal heating system still has temporary chimneys):
Turn right again to come back onto Third and then it's 5 blocks back home from 42nd to 37th.
It's easy to calculate the distance in New York if you're running on the streets. The blocks are approx 570m long east to west by 80m long north to south. So I ran a grid of 3 blocks east to west by 5 blocks north to south, which is about 1500m x 400m or about 4km total give or take a bit.
Now lets see some of yours...
But then I thought: we all live in interesting places with interesting sights and history. You see it all the time and probably ignore it. Take a camera out next time you run and take a few snaps along your route and tell us about it, like a rough idea of the distance, terrain and what's along the way. Once I've got my regular routes on here I'm going to keep this thread topped up whenever I go somewhere new, too.
A short trot around Midtown Manhattan, New York...
I started on the corner of 37th Street and 3rd Avenue, around 7:30am:
I ran 3 blocks down to 34th and turned right:
On the way up 34th you can see the Empire State building:
Cross Lexington Avenue:
Cross Madison Avenue:
Wow, it's pretty big when you're next to it!
Up to the corner of 34th and Sixth where I turned right onto Sixth:
Ignore the one-way sign!
Right again at 40th:
Past Bryant Park where there was a some function being set up:
Ran around the New York public library, famous in Ghostbusters, but unfortunately they are renovating it so I couldn't see the bit where they come running out of after they see the old lady in the vaults:
Double back a bit now for some famous roads. Fifth Avenue:
Madison Avenue:
Grand Central station and turn right onto 42nd Street:
Now my favourite building in the whole wide world ever, the Chrysler Building:
Cross, avoiding the steam chimney thing for the municipal heating system (though I still haven't worked out why a vintage municipal heating system still has temporary chimneys):
Turn right again to come back onto Third and then it's 5 blocks back home from 42nd to 37th.
It's easy to calculate the distance in New York if you're running on the streets. The blocks are approx 570m long east to west by 80m long north to south. So I ran a grid of 3 blocks east to west by 5 blocks north to south, which is about 1500m x 400m or about 4km total give or take a bit.
Now lets see some of yours...
.. but unlike many... I love a treadmill.