I am going to be there for 4 days next week, staying right near the convention center. Where do I run? Any parks? I would like to do at least two 10-12 milers so I don’t mind running a little ways. Are there any universities (Rice, Houston) around?
No car? If not, just head west along Memorial out of downtown to Memorial Park. You’ll be one of hundreds running the dirt path around the golf course. You could also go down Main towards Rice and do a loop around the school - lots of runners there too. If you don’t want to waste miles running through traffic, you could also take the metro train down to the med center and over to Rice.
Go to the Houston Marathon website find the course map and go in reverse. That will take you through dowtown to Memorial Park. Good running.
There’s a park I’ve driven past several times between Allen Pkwy and Memorial Drive, a bit closer to the convention center, but smaller than Memorial Park. I’ve only driven past, but always a lot of runners and looks like a great place. I’m in Houston often, but stay in The Woodlands - lots of running paths there.
–Good Luck
Just run on the Memorial/Allen Parkway Bayou Trail. Dallas or Lamar will get you there. There is a nice running trail/loop that goes all the way to Shepherd and back. The loop is about 5 miles. From the far end of that, Memorial park is another 1.5-2 miles, so the park is about 5 miles from the convention center.
Here’s the basic route from the Convention Center: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2511449
Along Allen Parkway and parts of Memorial, you can either “stay up” or “go down.” If you go down, you will run what few “hills” we have in town, if you stay up, it will be mostly flat. There are a few water fountains out along the area as well. I know there is one on Memorial just before the Jackson Hill Footbridge. There is one on the Allen Parkway side, about in the middle, but I don’t remember exactly where.
Like the others have said, there are some fun routes along the bayou to memorial park, memorial drive, and allen parkway which are all jogging nirvanna
theres even “tri on the run” a sweet triathlon store out there along memorial drive.
enjoy!
I am going to be there for 4 days next week, staying right near the convention center. Where do I run? Any parks? I would like to do at least two 10-12 milers so I don’t mind running a little ways. Are there any universities (Rice, Houston) around?
Thanks for all the tips. I will be enjoying a break from the cold.