I’m looking for good places for morning jogs, preferably on softer surfaces like grass or dirt, but I have ran on boardwalks and thats fine too. There’s a gym at the apartment I’m staying at but personally I prefer to be closer to nature. Is there a favorite place for running in Taipei you’d recommend to others?
The running track in Daan Park. It’s along three sides of the park’s perimeter. They will link up the fourth side when the MRT Xinyi line is completed. But even with the fourth side being asphalt, it’s a great place to run as the clay surface is nice and soft and the entire track is shaded by trees.
I haven’t started running there yet (trying to move a bit closer) but the river parks look like good places. You certainly see lots of joggers there.
sweet, thanks. so where specifically would this da’an park be located?
sweet, thanks. so where specifically would this Da’an park be located?[/quote]
Fresh off the plane, eh?
Daan Park, as the name suggests, is in Taipei’s Daan district. It’s bordered by Xinyi, Jianguo, Heping, and Xinsheng Roads, just west of AIT (if you’re American) or across the street from the Mosque (if you’re Muslim).
I’m looking for a good indoor jogging place. Do they have any covered tracks?
sweet, thanks. so where specifically would this Da’an park be located?[/quote]
Fresh off the plane, eh?
Da’an Park, as the name suggests, is in Taipei’s Da’an district. It’s bordered by Xinyi, Jianguo, Heping, and Xinsheng Roads, just west of AIT (if you’re American) or across the street from the Mosque (if you’re Muslim).[/quote]
Fresh & proud, lol. Just did some quick googling and what do ya know, the metro has a Da’an station. Gonna assume that that’s it. Will check it out this week when it’s not raining. Again, :thanks:
jogging is one of my favorite exercise to get fitness and improve the health.
I like to do jogging along with my friends for at least 30 minutes at morning times.
My favorite place for doing the jogging is the National park in front of my house. It is good place to jogging, and its environment is very peaceful.
sweet, thanks. so where specifically would this Da’an park be located?[/quote]
Fresh off the plane, eh?
Da’an Park, as the name suggests, is in Taipei’s Da’an district. It’s bordered by Xinyi, Jianguo, Heping, and Xinsheng Roads, just west of AIT (if you’re American) or across the street from the Mosque (if you’re Muslim).[/quote]
Fresh & proud, lol. Just did some quick googling and what do ya know, the metro has a Da’an station. Gonna assume that that’s it. Will check it out this week when it’s not raining. Again, :thanks:[/quote]
Da’an station is a km or so from the park.
If you don’t want to walk that one km, just hop on a Xinyi bus heading west from Daan MRT station. Get off at Xinyi-Xinsheng intersection, and you’ll be right at the park’s entrance.
The mountains behind Linguang Station (MRT Brown Line). The climb is relatively easy and short, and you can go quite a long distance across the top of the range with minimal up and down. There are two ways up, one is a combination paved surface and steps which begins about 800m SWW of the MRT station off the main street that is not Hoping East Road, and the other is a steep wooded dirt incline that is trickier to find through a little park off one of the alleys behind McDonald’s.
Once you make the short ascent, the trail is mainly dirt, and quite pleasant.
[quote=“Deuce Dropper”]The mountains behind Linguang Station (MRT Brown Line). The climb is relatively easy and short, and you can go quite a long distance across the top of the range with minimal up and down. There are two ways up, one is a combination paved surface and steps which begins about 800m SWW of the MRT station off the main street that is not Hoping East Road, and the other is a steep wooded dirt incline that is trickier to find through a little park off one of the alleys behind McDonald’s.
Once you make the short ascent, the trail is mainly dirt, and quite pleasant.[/quote]
That’s Fuyang Eco Park. Yes, great place to go hiking, but I would think twice about jogging there unless you’re willing to risk spraining an ankle.
[quote=“Incubus”][quote=“Deuce Dropper”]The mountains behind Linguang Station (MRT Brown Line). The climb is relatively easy and short, and you can go quite a long distance across the top of the range with minimal up and down. There are two ways up, one is a combination paved surface and steps which begins about 800m SWW of the MRT station off the main street that is not Hoping East Road, and the other is a steep wooded dirt incline that is trickier to find through a little park off one of the alleys behind McDonald’s.
Once you make the short ascent, the trail is mainly dirt, and quite pleasant.[/quote]
That’s Fuyang Eco Park. Yes, great place to go hiking, but I would think twice about jogging there unless you’re willing to risk spraining an ankle.[/quote]
Wow I haven’t been there in a couple of years, had no idea they did some next level shit up there. Anyways, if you head towards Mucha once you get past the first part, do the second short climb and there are a lot more dirt trails that take you everywhere.
Boris Becker used to run in the hills to strengthen his ankles.
I guess no answer means they don’t exist. 