Today (Thursday) is my Friday! My holiday weekend begins tonight. I am driving to the New York City area to visit family. I am very excited for the obvious reasons, relaxation, the consumption of a few (many) frothy beverages, good food, etc-- but I also get psyched at the thought of mapping out new runs in strange, unfamiliar territories.
My brother and his wife live in Chappaqua, Westchester County, NY. They recently moved there-- so I have not yet been-- but have heard many good things about the community. It's where the Clintons lived while Hillary served as a US senator for New York, it's full of quaint neighborhoods with tree lined streets.
Whenever I travel-- I first, map out my desired runs on GMAPS PEDOMETER--
A GREAT source. It allows you to designate a route and gives you the mileage and calories burned. I like it better than mapmyrun.com, which has more details, but is much slower.
I've already established three routes that I plan to run. One for each day I am there.
Anyone else have any "tips" when running on "trips"?
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When I trips, I use my running to explore the area I'm in. I purposely don't plan it out, and just go wherever the road takes me. Of course, this take somewhat of a sense of direction and a sense of adventure. A GPS watch doesn't hurt either. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteMy childhood best friend lives there and says it just beautiful. Have fun! Christine
ReplyDeleteHow lovely. Bill's a bit of a runner, isn't he? If you bump into him, say hi!
ReplyDeleteAnd have an AWESOME long weekend!
Westchester County is GREAT! It is beautiful beautiful beautiful! Close enough to the big city, but still a whole world away (one of my clients used to be Westchester County).
ReplyDeleteWhen I travel I use www.mapmyrun.com to search for runs. You might want to give it a look.
Also - tomorrow I think I'm going to blog why I use a heart rate monitor. It's not for everyone...
I LOVE Gmaps Pedometer and rely on it ALL THE TIME!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend away and Happy 4th!