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Along the river would seem to be the obvious place. Will I be murdered?


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 5:53 pm
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Depends how fast you run. Along the river is popular with failed Labour leaders, certainly.

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Kelvin walkway? Canal? All good places to dump your body.


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 5:55 pm
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Well if you want to get really fit laps of Ibrox in a Celtic top should do it 😀


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 5:58 pm
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Away?


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 6:01 pm
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[url= https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/55.8599355,-4.2499744/55.8599663,-4.2503192/ @55.8776382,-4.2693196,16.25z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d-4.2586557!2d55.8756926!3s0x4888443ccc83e1ab:0xfc1d5c20d1e0bf3e!3m4!1m2!1d-4.2742996!2d55.8810724!3s0x488844367bfb7073:0xaa890f6520c1abb7!3m4!1m2!1d-4.278628!2d55.8765618!3s0x48884433a59244d3:0x65b6560852ca22c0!3m4!1m2!1d-4.2848783!2d55.8694679!3s0x488845d31a9ecb3f:0x2aa9f8171b5a2ec5!1m0!3e2]This might work..?[/url]


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 6:02 pm
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Beaten by CF!


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 6:08 pm
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Kelvingrove Park/Kelvin walkway, or my personal favourite Pollok Park.


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 6:13 pm
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This might work..?

Perfect, and that goes almost right past my shop too so you can come play on the toys.


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 6:47 pm
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I saw a recumbent locked up on the way into town this morning. Was that you? 🙂


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 9:35 pm
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Nope, there are a reasonable number about. Well, several. More than one, anyway.


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 10:12 pm
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Kelvingrove park or along the river.


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 10:14 pm
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I'd start by going out your door and run somewhere that ties in with that! As far from the busiest roads as possible. Glasgows quite big.


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 10:27 pm
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I saw a recumbent locked up on the way into town this morning

Why would anyone need to lock a recumbent? 🙂


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 10:47 pm
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Good point. They're usually pretty laid back folk.


 
Posted : 14/03/2016 10:51 pm
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Where to run in Glasgow?

Where else but [url= https://www.strava.com/segments/3433052 ]...[/url]?


 
Posted : 15/03/2016 12:15 am
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The Southside Six looks like an interesting route. The race is already full for this year, but you could have a go running it on your own. http://www.southsidesix.org.uk/the-race/the-route/


 
Posted : 15/03/2016 12:36 am
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Strava run heatmap might be a good resource for the OP.


 
Posted : 15/03/2016 12:38 am
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My favourite area for running when I lived in Glasgow was a lap around the Kelvin Walkway, Botanic Gardens and Kelvingrove Park. Nice paths, great views and plenty of interesting architecture.

If you're in the city centre, it would be a big-ish 10km loop to take those in. There's a running shop (Alchiles Heel) on Great Western road that used to do drop in running meetup things a few nights a week and they run around that area.

From the city centre, Glasgow Green is worth a run around. The walkway along the Clyde is popular with runners also. An out and back to the Transport Museum is a good run. It's plenty safe, there are some big offices around there now so always folk about.


 
Posted : 15/03/2016 6:42 am
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The hills of strathclyde sprint session.


 
Posted : 15/03/2016 7:06 am
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Sighthill, Possil or Castlemilk. All very quaint indeed.


 
Posted : 15/03/2016 8:17 am
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Molgrips' run / cycle round Glasgow didn't go quite as planned....

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35810993 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35810993[/url]
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Posted : 15/03/2016 12:21 pm
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Traffic Scotland tweeted a warning to motorists to slow down. Perhaps tweeting a warning that motorists shouldn't be looking at Twitter when driving would me more sensible.


 
Posted : 15/03/2016 12:23 pm
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Lol 🙂


 
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Well that was quite nice actually, despite the darkness. The Kelvin walkway was lovely, even if I did have to clamber out of the gorge at one point whilst trying to follow the map on the GPS. Some really beautiful streets, extremely posh looking.

However I opted against heading back via the canal, looked pretty dodgy and passed rows of very dead looking boarded up shops..


 
Posted : 16/03/2016 4:39 pm
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passed rows of very dead looking boarded up shops

Maryhill, or Possil 😯


 
Posted : 16/03/2016 4:49 pm
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So, you know where to run - next you have to figure out where to hide. 🙂


 
Posted : 16/03/2016 8:12 pm

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