sábado, 2 de mayo de 2015

Running in Bali. Nusa Dua, Ubud and Gili T circuits

There are amazing trail running opportunities in Bali. Just try to avoid running in street around busy areas and at midday when the sun is radiating at full.
Ubud present endless trail running options accross the rice fields pearched at the north. From the Tourist information, cross the street and take the left until you find a "rice fields" sign. Follow it taking right and start the run. You can run up approx 5k until you find a paved street. Follow it to the left until you find a path that take you south again passing several art galleries, and nice peacefull restaurants. The total loop should be around 10k.
Another popular option in Ubud is the "ridge walk". This one start from the river junction close to a temple and follows a ridge that arise in between to rivers. The path transition into a small street and then into the road that goes up north. From this crossing you can return running or go back through the road taken the left. The Lonely Planet guide has a map of this loop of approx 8ks.
Nusa Dua is a very good area for running. 8ks can be easily done completing a loop starting from the second gate, going to The Bay and then following the path that goes north along the beach accross the luxury resorts. You can run up to Club Med piers or go further and then return the same way.
From Nusa Dua there is hilly 20k option to Uluwatu however the road is busy and narrow. In Uluwatu there are nice stairs trails that goes to the surfing beach. Climbing them up and down is a good workout.
In Lombok, the Gili T around the island loop is approx 6.8k long. It is well paved and marked, except by a short beach section north of Central and close to the Shark reef snorkeling area.

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