I need the help of some LA natives or transplants. My wife is working in LA for 6 weeks this summer and needs a safe place to run. She is not too near the beach but that could be an option. Any ideas…? Also where is a good pool for lunchtime swims? She works downtown and can’t go too far. Any help would be great…Thanks -dominator
I did some Lunchtime swims at the Ketchum downtown YMCA. The pool usually has open lanes and is very convenient. Runs – now that is another question but perhaps up by Dodger stadium and Elysian Park. They do a race around there every year – the Chinese New Year Firecracker 10K run that has some good grades and traffic is not as bad as right in downtown (however, I woudn’t run there at night of course.)
JC
The Rose Bowl is not too far away up the Pasadena Freeway. Pretty safe to run there since there are lots of runners at all hours till 10PM. She can join some of the runs with the Pasadena Tri Club (www.pasadenatriclub.com). For swimming, so can swim in the ocean (a little farther away) with the Los Angeles Tri Club (www.latriclub.com). Here is a video of them swimming courtesy of another poster and thread: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YA6cbXsXGSk