{"id":20264,"date":"2017-05-01T03:30:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=20264"},"modified":"2017-05-01T03:30:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:30:43","slug":"i-run-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/i-run-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"I run Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started seriously running just before I moved to Detroit in August 2015 and it\u2019s been a big part of my life every since, and is very connected to my time in this city so far.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of my favorite places to run in the area:<\/p>\n<p>The Riverwalk \u2013<br \/>\nThe Riverwalk runs along, you guessed it, the river and it is one of my favorite places in the whole city. It\u2019s clean, beautifully landscaped (especially in the spring), and there are at least two sets of public bathrooms and drinking fountains along its 3.5-mile stretch. It runs past the Renaissance Center, Hart Plaza, Cobo Hall and Joe Louis Arena. There are few runs when I don\u2019t hit the Riverwalk for at least a few miles.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20317 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_8680-e1493609180162-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Riverwalk at sunset<\/p>\n<p>The Dequindre Cut \u2013<br \/>\nCreated in 2009, this greenway follows a former railroad line for two miles, connecting the Riverwalk to the Eastern Market area. This path has lots of underpasses with beautiful art.<\/p>\n<p>Belle Isle \u2013<br \/>\nThe five-mile loop is a great spot to run, especially around sunset for fantastic views of Detroit and Windsor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_8267-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_8267-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_8267-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_8267-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">View of Detroit from Belle Isle<\/p>\n<p>Indian Village \u2013<br \/>\nThe three main roads in Indian Village (Seminole, Iroquois, and Burns) from Jefferson to Mack make a lovely up to 6 mile run. Since I live in Indian Village, I do most of my morning runs here. There\u2019s not a ton of car traffic except when crossing some of the main east\/west roads, and I usually spend most of my run daydreaming about living in the huge elaborate houses \u2013 the architecture is beautiful!<\/p>\n<p>Grosse Pointes \u2013<br \/>\nJefferson eventually turns into Lake Shore, and this is one of my favorite stretches to run in the area. Granted, I\u2019ve only done it once but it was a gorgeous run. There\u2019s no sidewalk on the side of the road closest to the lake, but the views are still great \u2013 of both the water and the houses.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s spring and the running is particularly amazing \u2013 it\u2019s not too hot yet and the flowers not only look good, but they also smell great. Hopefully this post provides a few ideas of where to run around Detroit!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20310 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3793-e1493609252813-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started seriously running just before I moved to Detroit in August 2015 and it\u2019s been a big part of my life every since, and is very connected to my time in this city so far. Here are some of my favorite places to run in the area: The Riverwalk \u2013 The Riverwalk runs along, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playdetroit","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}