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In praise of not staying in the parks

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Stoic Running
May 24, 2024
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A collage of the author and the image of a train coming over a bridge at sunset.
The JMZ at sunset

It came as a surprise to me when I first started getting into conversations about running on the internet that lots of people running in New York never run on the streets; they stick to the parks. And that further, lots of those people give the advice that visitors to New York only should run in the parks.

I have to say: New York parks …

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