Running Stromovka

As a follow-up to Mary's running post I found a great place to run this morning, Stromovka. It's one of the two large parks near our apartment. Well, I shouldn't say found since we knew this park was there when we chose our apartment location but Mary finally figured out how to get into it (the entrance nearest us is a bit hidden) yesterday so this morning I took Watson for a run there.

To enter Stromovka you have to down a bit of a hill so the park itself is set well below the street level which makes it feel very secluded. It's a large park with a good mix of wooded and open areas that has a series of paved and dirt paths, the paved ones being fully lit. We even found online some measured trail distances to help plan runs in the park (http://www.stromovka.cz/files/stromovka_beh.pdf).

It's just under a mile to the start of the trails and from that western entrance you can easily follow a 3 or 5 km route through the park. Of course with the number of trails there are endless options. I have been bringing Watson for runs and have to keep him on-leash in busier areas but let him off as soon as we got in the park and he ran along with me and played a bit off on his own. Watson needs and loves his time to run on his own so it's great for him. It's a great destination for runs of three miles and up so I imagine I will be heading there quite often.