running in atlanta

gym.gravity wrote:

Hey, long time no gg!

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going to ASCO this week.

American Society for Clinical Oncology?
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry?
Advanced Systems and Concepts Office?
Arab Satellite Communication Organization?
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations?

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where is the best place to run from downtown?

About ten miles south gets you to the airport. From there, a flight to
either JFK or LGA will position you reasonably well to reach Prospect
Park.

Someone a little more local (Phil?) may be able to help you with
shorter routes around there.

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gym.gravity wrote:

Hey, long time no gg!

too busy watching the stock market, and not running enough (less than
30/week) to feel like a runner. what a great day for the nasdaq
though.

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going to ASCO this week.

American Society for Clinical Oncology?

Yes, my lovely wife is an oncologist.

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where is the best place to run from downtown?

About ten miles south gets you to the airport. From there, a flight to
either JFK or LGA will position you reasonably well to reach Prospect
Park.

Someone a little more local (Phil?) may be able to help you with
shorter routes around there.

Thanks.

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going to ASCO this week. where is the best place to run from downtown?

"Run from downtown." Right, that's what we're all doing. It's called urban
sprawl. ;-)

Seriously though, except for the half marathon, I've never run in
downtown Atlanta. If you like running trails and you don't mind a 20
mile drive, then go to Kennesaw Mountain. The best running area in metro
Atlanta. If that's too far then if you can get to midtown, you might try
Piedmont Park. In fact, maybe Piedmont Donald (rec.running poster) can
give you some better ideas. Here's a link to a Runner's World article on
running in Atlanta - http://tinyurl.com/l8nag

Have fun. Wish I could join you. ;-(

--
Phil M.

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year,
but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I
quit, however, it lasts forever." - Lance Armstrong

gym.gravity said:

going to ASCO this week. where is the best place to run from
downtown?

Thanks

Downtown Atlanta isn't exactly running friendly. On Sundays the traffic
is much lighter.

For an Olympic flavored run, take Peachtree Street (Here I assume you're
not too far from the downtown Ritz Carlton) south to Mitchell Street (.6
mile), turn left, go .8 mile to Capital Avenue and turn right to follow
the Olympic course route under the Olympic rings (< 1 mile) towards the
remaining Olympic stadium (now Turner Field). The Atlanta Marathon
start and finish are about halfway between the Rings and the stadium.
http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/am-coursemap.pdf

To return, turn around and follow the marathon start north. Don't turn
on Mitchell St, but continue north to follow the marathon course.
Capital Avenue becomes Piedmont Avenue. Milemarkers are in white paint
at the right-hand curb. On the right, about 3.5 miles from the marathon
start is Piedmont Park, which is the finish area for the Peachtree Road
race.
http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/at02020.htm

Piedmont Avenue runs parallel to and 2 or 3 blocks east of Peachtree
Street between the Mitchell Street and about 14th St., so you could loop
back when ever you want.

To run at Piedmont Park without using all your miles of dodging city
traffic, take Marta
http://www.itsmarta.com/getthere/schedules/index-rail.htm to the Midtown
station and go about 4 blocks east to reach the southern edge of
Piedmont Park.

Are you up for a Sunday morning run at the "local" Kennesaw Mountain?
http://www.nps.gov/kemo/pphtml/maps.html
http://www.nps.gov/applications/parks/kemo/ppMaps/KEMOmap1.pdf

Piedmont Donald

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gym.gravity said:

going to ASCO this week. where is the best place to run from downtown?

Thanks.

Thanks for all the tips...I should have posted a few days
earlier...didn't have a chance to log on.

I did find peidmont park. saw the big piece of green on a tourist map.
I always run before 7am so the traffic wasn't an issue. we were at
the marriot (harris street?) so I just ran up peidmont ave, did a few
loopish things in the park, and ran back for about 7.5 miles.

It seems there are a lot of "excercise groups" there on monday
mornings. Groups of 30something people running stairs and doing
calisthenics with a "drill sargent".

gym.gravity said:

Groups of 30something people running stairs and doing
calisthenics with a "drill sargent".

To each his own, but that sounds well beyond my own personal kinkiness
line in the sand. Those southerners, they're a different breed...

gg, you looking to increase your running this summer or still too busy?

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gym.gravity said:

Groups of 30something people running stairs and doing
calisthenics with a "drill sargent".

To each his own, but that sounds well beyond my own personal kinkiness
line in the sand. Those southerners, they're a different breed...

gg, you looking to increase your running this summer or still too busy?

Looking to increase my running every day. somehow it doesn't happen.
the last two weeks were at 28miles each. I don't know where the days
and weeks are going. up to about 157 from a low mid january of 150lbs
too.

Piedmont Park used to have some nature trails starting down by the
railroad tracks near the Monroe/Park entrance. Some of the local guys
you meet on the trail could probably give you directions.

I read recently of a rails-to-trails line you can pick up somewhere out
toward Marietta Blvd...theres a bus from downtown up Marietta St out to
the Cobb County line, and that stretch of M. Blvd is wide and has few
cross streets (in spite of the crazy traffic).

Morningside/Emory village was always pretty good if you could stay off
the main streets (and there are some pretty good hills, too).

Finally, the Georgia Tech campus isn't bad during the summer when it's
only grad students and scientists. The Home Park neighborhood just north
of there was pretty calm when I was growing up, but has been gentrified
and the people that live there can afford to drive (and do, instead of
just putting the vehicles up on blocks).

BK

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gym.gravity said:

going to ASCO this week. where is the best place to run from
downtown?

Thanks

Downtown Atlanta isn't exactly running friendly. On Sundays the

traffic

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is much lighter.

For an Olympic flavored run, take Peachtree Street (Here I assume

you're

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not too far from the downtown Ritz Carlton) south to Mitchell Street

(.6

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mile), turn left, go .8 mile to Capital Avenue and turn right to follow
the Olympic course route under the Olympic rings (< 1 mile) towards the
remaining Olympic stadium (now Turner Field). The Atlanta Marathon
start and finish are about halfway between the Rings and the stadium.
http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/am-coursemap.pdf

To return, turn around and follow the marathon start north. Don't turn
on Mitchell St, but continue north to follow the marathon course.
Capital Avenue becomes Piedmont Avenue. Milemarkers are in white paint
at the right-hand curb. On the right, about 3.5 miles from the

marathon

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start is Piedmont Park, which is the finish area for the Peachtree Road
race.
http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/at02020.htm

Piedmont Avenue runs parallel to and 2 or 3 blocks east of Peachtree
Street between the Mitchell Street and about 14th St., so you could

loop

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back when ever you want.

To run at Piedmont Park without using all your miles of dodging city
traffic, take Marta
http://www.itsmarta.com/getthere/schedules/index-rail.htm to the

Midtown

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station and go about 4 blocks east to reach the southern edge of
Piedmont Park.

Are you up for a Sunday morning run at the "local" Kennesaw Mountain?
http://www.nps.gov/kemo/pphtml/maps.html
http://www.nps.gov/applications/parks/kemo/ppMaps/KEMOmap1.pdf

Piedmont Donald

In the past year or two I've used Google Satellite Maps (or other
similar website) to help
answer that question. I punch in the address where I am staying, then
look for
nearby greenery and trails. In the old days I'd start with parks
marked on a
AAA road map, but they may not be as running-friendly as they seem.
Plus they
could miss unmarked trails.