Photograph your running routes!

[Jonny69]

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:

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I ran 3 blocks down to 34th and turned right:

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On the way up 34th you can see the Empire State building:

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Cross Lexington Avenue:

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Cross Madison Avenue:

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Wow, it's pretty big when you're next to it!

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Up to the corner of 34th and Sixth where I turned right onto Sixth:

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Ignore the one-way sign!

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Right again at 40th:

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Past Bryant Park where there was a some function being set up:

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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:

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Double back a bit now for some famous roads. Fifth Avenue:

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Madison Avenue:

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Grand Central station and turn right onto 42nd Street:

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Now my favourite building in the whole wide world ever, the Chrysler Building:

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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):

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Turn right again to come back onto Third and then it's 5 blocks back home from 42nd to 37th.

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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...

[petemc]

Being in New York is cheating :p

[Jonny69]

I'm going to photograph wherever I run that's new though :p

[lostkat]

I took part in the inaugural Rutland Water Marathon yesterday. I challenge anyone to have a more picturesque run than I did yesterday. Utterly gorgeous. It certainly took my mind off the pain my legs were experiencing. Here are some pics that someone posted of the route (I didn't have my camera):

A couple of drops of rain at the start brought about a stunning rainbow to set us all on our way. You can see the trail of people across the dam.
http://www.lostkat.co.uk/RutlandMara2010-01.jpg

Beautiful wooded trails
http://www.lostkat.co.uk/RutlandMara2010-02.jpg

Stunning views of the reservoir
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A very welcome sight, *only* 6 more to go... urrrgh!!!!!
http://www.lostkat.co.uk/RutlandMara2010-05.jpg

[Jonny69]

Yay! Someone took part!

Kudos for taking a camera with you Kate. Superb effort :)

[lostkat]

I cheated. They're not my pics!! I did mention that at the start of the post though :p I'm afraid there's no way in the world you'd get me to lug a camera around for 26 miles!!

[Jonny69]

And to think you almost got away with it... ;D

[Jonny69]

I'm working from home due to the weather and decided to go out for a run in the snow. Did a 4.25km loop around some local roads and through the woods. I like snow running :D

Out the front. Woo, there's snow on my car!

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This road looks nice and slippery:

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As I get away from the high street the snow starts to get a bit deeper:

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Local chap in high spirits clearing his drive:

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This was pretty (frozen):

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I'm out of town now. This is the rich area with big houses and a park behind this house. I'm turning right at the end here and heading for the woods:

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Here's the entrance to the woods. They look pretty snowed in :D:

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I should have got out earlier because there were kids having fun everywhere and the snow wasn't very virgin:

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Having said that, 1/2 mile into the woods there weren't many people about!

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I reckon the snow was about 8" deep out there:

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Here's some new stuff :D:

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And of course, the obligatory one man snow angel:

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I got some funny looks from the dog walkers doing that out by myself in the middle of nowhere :D

[Kitten]

love it Jonny!

[lostkat]

I went out for a long, hard cross country session today and ended up at the top of the highest point in Leicestershire, Bardon Hill.

Unfortunately half of it has been quarried away, but it's a cracking view off the top. Well worth the hard slog up :)

Decided to give a little wave :D My house is somewhere in the top left... so you can see I had quite a climb!
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