Where's the most unusual place you've run?

Cabaal

Just a random thought I had yesterday, where's the most unusual place you've run in the past few years?

I'm sure many will have stranger places then me but for me it was back in 2009, I did a 3km run at the location circled below.



Obviously not on the water but in this case on the top deck of a cruise liner about 10miles off the coast of St Martin.



The deck was pretty empty due to some rain and a thunderstorm a good few miles away so decided to make use of the running track they had

I love Joan Burton

I told my boyfriend about this thread and he said:

"The sacristy, when the priest was gettin touchy feely!"

pconn062

I climbed Croagh Patrick in January and I was on the top on my own so I did a few laps just to say I did!!

Micilin Muc

Queensboro Bridge in New York. It's about 1.5 miles long!

Krusty_Clown

Island hopping in Norway.

misty floyd

Phi Phi Island, Thailand. I somehow managed to get lost on that one.

This reminds me of holidays, I'm depressed now

Rantan

ran across the Barrow railway viaduct at great island in wexford recently and throught the tunnel on the waterford side - the grating for the walkway made for a very interesting running experience....

guapos

misty floyd wrote: »

Phi Phi Island, Thailand. I somehow managed to get lost on that one.

This reminds me of holidays, I'm depressed now

Great place to run, very tough to get lost alright :-) Had to do a sprint from the far end of the island to the ferry after sleeping in

airscotty

Mine would prob also be around the top deck on a cruise ship off the coast of Dubai....very weird doing laps of a boat out to sea when everyone else is sun bathing! The other would be on the coastal cliffs on the tip of south west Cork (Baltimore). Both runs were very enjoyable

cfitz

Through tropical villages in the dark in Kerala, India during power cuts.
On a quiet stretch of road outside the small town of Maltahoe, Namibia - there were baboons near the side of the road.
Past the end of paved roads in Bou Goumez valley, Morocco.

Caprica

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Santa Monica Pier & Beach
Dubai
Greek Islands

Krusty_Clown

Caprica wrote: »

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Hmmmm. Interesting. It's a 30 minute drive from where I am now. Worthwhile experience?

rovers_runner

Verrazano narrows bridge at start of NY Marathon for sure.
The endless bouncing of people on the bridge for a mile and a half, never stopped shaking.
The view of Manhattan in the far distance is something else once you come down on the Brooklyn side.

Cabaal

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Hmmmm. Interesting. It's a 30 minute drive from where I am now. Worthwhile experience?

I walked about half way across it when I visited San Fran, its not exactly peaceful as the road is a toll-road but its a popular path with cyclists and runners and I'd imagine it has a fantastic view if there's no fog.

Sadly when I went over it there was very heavy fog with perhaps 100-150 foot visibility

I'd so go for it, you could always head up towards golden gate park then its a nice enough area.

TheRoadRunner

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Hmmmm. Interesting. It's a 30 minute drive from where I am now. Worthwhile experience?

Definitely you can also run into the Golden gate park easily enough. Beautiful park. Reminds me of the Phoenix park in many ways. Has nice drinking fountains as well which are handy if it's hot.

Brianderunner

Mine was in the spectacular Yosemite National Park in California at 6,500 ft. Nothing prepares you for your first run at altitude, it's like your lungs are being ripped out. Saw a bear aswell, from a distance thankfully.

The Rook

The streets, alleyways, laneways and bridges of Venice ... amazing, frustrating, bamboozling and awe inspiring all in one very early hour long run!

nerraw1111

A gym.

Twice.

Krusty_Clown

Brianderunner wrote: »

Mine was in the spectacular Yosemite National Park in California at 6,500 ft. Nothing prepares you for your first run at altitude, it's like your lungs are being ripped out. Saw a bear aswell, from a distance thankfully.

Snap. Forgot about that one! Also an amazing experience.

hunnymonster

the Phoenix park! I seriously miss living in Dublin for the joy of running around a large park in the middle a city!

For conventionally unusual (!!) I guess it would be a toss up between the Sahara desert or the arctic circle. Both beautiful runs.

Caprica

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Hmmmm. Interesting. It's a 30 minute drive from where I am now. Worthwhile experience?

Would definitely recommend it. As a previous poster said you have got the Golden Gate park and if you want you can venture in to the city and throw in a couple of hills. It must be one of the hilliest cities in the world. The morning I went to run it it was very foggy so waited till it cleared, lovely run with a great view back to the city.

plodder

Depends how you define unusual. This is one location not likely to be repeated:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znjLv9FWznk

.. that was five years ago :eek:

cfitz

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Hmmmm. Interesting. It's a 30 minute drive from where I am now. Worthwhile experience?

There's an area just beyond the Golden Gate Bridge called the Marin Headlands. It has miles of lovely trails. And if you run there at dusk you might see bobcats, coyotes and raccoons.

TheRoadRunner

plodder wrote: »

Depends how you define unusual. This is one location not likely to be repeated:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znjLv9FWznk

.. that was five years ago :eek:

Forgot that one myself. glad I did it but it was a horrible run.

Krusty_Clown

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

Forgot that one myself. glad I did it but it was a horrible run.

My slowest ever 10k. Man it got hot in those tunnels!

Krusty_Clown

Caprica wrote: »

It must be one of the hilliest cities in the world.

You mean after Cork City, right?

Ran it today. Parked up in Presidio, and ran over and back. A fantastic experience, but more for the pleasure of crossing the bridge, than the running experience. So many tourists (cough) who can't ride a bike in a straight line, or walk in straight line made it very difficult to count it as any kind of a run. Interesting that they have the counselling help-lines every 100 metres! Unfortunately some fog, but clear on either side.

KentuckyPete

1am, jet-lagged to bejasus in downtown Tokyo. A light mist was falling so every surface was reflecting the neon lights. Some buzz!

Took this pic just after I got back to the hotel

SharkTale

Was here for the cricket World Cup, right next door to our hotel was the race track. Delight to run around and see the horses on the gallops.

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bluestone

doha, qatar. the traffic fumes from the 4 litre 4 x 4s was worse than the humidity!

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/15559240

locteau

This is awsome, amazed where you guys ran.

I am just a boring runner........ but swam in lots of strange places :-)

Seb:)

ThePiedPiper

From Mount Everest Base camp along the Kumbu glacier back to our lodge.. It was without doubt the slowest and most exhausting couple of miles I ever did. I'd just given my 2 litre bottle of water to a severely distressed and possibly ill Sherpa porter and was feeling the effects of high altitude so decided I wanted to get back to camp fast.. A couple of dozen people were just tapering for the Everest marathon which was on the following day. Two of them were from Ireland, one guy was blind, the other was his friend guiding him. Hardcore.

nerraw1111

I believe the blind runner you met Runforest run was Mark Pollock. Incredible bloke http://www.markpollock.com

"For the last decade, he has competed in the world's harshest environments. He survived sub-zero Antarctic temperatures as he raced to the South Pole, and Atlantic gales in the Round Ireland race. He suffered in scorching heat, running six marathons in the Gobi Desert in one week. He has run a marathon the North Pole, raced through the desert lowlands of the Syrian African Rift Valley to the Dead Sea and completed a high-altitude marathon in the Himalayas."

Unfortunately, he had a serious accident last year in which he was paralysed. He's currently trying to walk again. Have a read of his blog, very inspiring.

Interesting places I've run in also include Tokyo. Doing laps of the Imperial palace in an effort to make the Dublin Marathon. Japanese are running crazy. Great craic running around with guys in their 70's whizzing by you.

I also did an amazing little run in Syria last year, through Roman ruins in Palmyra. Alas, I don't think anyone tourists will be running in that country for some time.