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guided running to explore Shanghai
It’s taken a while, but the time has come to make a public offer. I’ve been running Shanghai streets for more than two years now. It’s great fun and I start to know my way around quite some parts of … Continue reading
iimbsd: come jogging with me
Some time ago I adopted the pedestrianism label for my approach to running. Now I’m finally ready to advertise myself as a running guide for exploring Shanghai I’m reconsidering. Why go for a big word when there is a small one, … Continue reading
Posted in (trail) running, running Shanghai
Tagged cityscape, Duncan Green, Geuzennaam, Irene Guijt, jogging, pedestrianism, Sexteto Irreal, Shanghai
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riverfronts, the good, the bad and the ugly
Rivers are redeeming features for any city. I’ve lived in quite a few that are mostly or partly defined by their rivers and haven’t come across any for which their riverfront was a total negative. However, what cities do with … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo, Kathmandu, riverfront, Shanghai, Varanasi
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running the blocks of my neighborhood
The scale of Shanghai is both immense and very manageable. It is very hip to these days to explore one’s immediate neighborhood, walking the block, as Alexandra Horowitz does so eloquently in On Looking.
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Tagged Alexandra Horowitz, city block, Ry Cooder, VM Bhatt
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biggest Shanghai redevelopment zone I’ve come across so far
When I went out yesterday for an exploratory walk (air quality to bad for a long run) I had expected the last bit of it, on the Pudong side, to be the most boring. I was curious about the ferry … Continue reading
city of art
Looking for a destination for my recovery run on the only day this week that is predicted to be dry I decided upon the Power Station of Art. Had seen the building several times already and ran past it during last … Continue reading
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Tagged China Art Museum, Long Museum, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, World expo 2010
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Shanghai marathon, age-grading and minimal shoes
Ran the Shanghai marathon today.
Shanghai Dutch town
As a Dutch expat in Shanghai I can be expected to write about Dutch town, part of the one city, nine towns project. However, although I had read about the project and intended to visit a couple of them, I wasn’t aware … Continue reading
Running Shanghai: a great route through old industrial neighborhoods, upper middle class residential areas and the financial district
By now, I have logged quite a few Shanghai routes on my everytrail page. So its time to start sharing a couple more ( for others: check out this category tag) on my blog. Specifically routes that substantiate in various ways my … Continue reading
Posted in running Shanghai, trailrunning
Tagged everytrail, Huangpu, Khebez Dawle, pudong, Shanghai, shikumen
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Going for green and off-pavement running in Shanghai’s Pudong district
Finding green spaces and non-paved surfaces in Shanghai is a challenge. I live across the river (Pudong, East of the Pu river) from the old city (Puxi ,West…) and even there, in what was fields among villages only a bit … Continue reading
biggest Shanghai circuit so far
Went out to see how long a long city run/walk can be. Left the house at 9AM and returned by 6PM. I think I got the distance just about right, but have to conclude that an even earlier start would … Continue reading
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trailrunning base in Hangzhou
One month after participating in the Hangzhou Mountain Marathon, an informal small numbers foreigners dominated event organized as a training opportunity for those living in this part of China and preparing for the Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset 100k I returned to … Continue reading
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Tagged Hangzhou, Hangzhou Mountain marathon, Shi Hu Yi Zhan
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a prettty good run through Shanghai’s New Jersey
When I designed un Nimweegs rondje, I pondered how best to achieve an optimal balance of the various ingredients of a good run through an interesting landscape. Cityscapes are landscapes too, and the same need to compromise applies. There isn’t a universally … Continue reading
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Tagged Century Avenue, Century park, Honkou, Huangpu, Lujiazui, pudong
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the urban running that has a narrative
For a someone who grew up in a city-state like the Netherlands China’s dimensions are just mind-blowing. One of those expat glossies that cater to my ilk regularly has a well-written cover article (although the bulk is food, fashion and partying … Continue reading
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Tagged Clark, narrative, parkour, pedestrianism, That's Shanghai
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urban running
With my new and somewhat enforced focus on urban running, I’m very receptive to anything out there speaking to it. Confirmation bias at work. Salomon’s latest video:
urban running trends
I pontificate on trail trends, self-define as a trail runner, but for quite a while now have spend nearly all my time in mega urban environments. So with the occasional exception of a holiday or work trip run all of … Continue reading
Posted in (trail) running, running Shanghai
Tagged city marathons, city-trails, color run, freerunning, parkour, race the tube, salomon, Shanghai
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why I run?
No, I wouldn’t write about this again if it weren’t for a good reason. The reason being that I entered an essay contest by Geoff Roes to come up with a response to the seemingly unanswerable (he’s got that right) ‘what’s the … Continue reading
Posted in (trail) running, running Shanghai
Tagged Die Antwoord, friction, Geoff Roes, Michael Ondaatje, Shanghai, Teju Cole
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practical thoughts about running Shanghai
When I had just arrived I summarized my beginners knowledge and impressions about Shanghai as a running location. My first long run followed soon after and I’ve now been around long enough to frame some ambitions for my city explorations. … Continue reading
why run a landscape? part one
When reflecting on trailrunning, the kind of running I’ve pondered about most till date, I’ve focused on my motivation for hitting the trails, but never really addressed the fundamental question of why one would want to run a landscape in the first … Continue reading
Posted in (trail) running, running Shanghai
Tagged Derive, Flaneur, Geoff Nicholson, Jane Jacobs, Paris, pedestrianism, salomon, Shanghai, Teju Cole, visualizing, Walther Benjamin
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environments as palimpsests
The title of this post pays homage to the writer and photographer, Teju Cole, whom I just came across in my daily grazing of the digital pastures I use to hook up with the rest of the world (here for another, running-related … Continue reading
Posted in (trail) running, running Shanghai, society
Tagged Amsterdam, Angkor Wat, China, ghost cities, Jane Jacobs, Lagos, Lynn Margulis, Manhattan, palimpsest, scrapbook, self-signalling, Shanghai, Teju Cole
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Shanghai, citytrails, and going a bit beyond marathon distance
My new home town has great potential for pedestrian exploration. Looking at running as a mode of environmental exploration, as opposed to exercise, competition, or self-discovery (well, ‘opposed to’…nothing is ever not part of the package, but focus does matter) … Continue reading
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Tagged Ike and Tina Turner, Jolanda Linschooten, pedestrianism, Shanghai
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running Shanghai
Two weeks in Pudong and Shanghai have made me quite optimistic about my running here. I live in Pudong, the greener, newer, modernist, less exotic twin across-the-river from Shanghai (Puxi). The sidewalks are broad, and often shaded, and separated from … Continue reading
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