{"id":1448,"date":"2009-07-01T07:52:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T12:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2009-07-01T07:52:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-01T12:52:03","slug":"minneapolis-best-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/minneapolis-best-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis: Best in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Yes, I am a little biased, but I do think that Minneapolis is one of the greatest places in the United States.\u00a0 I would say it ranks pretty high on the world stage too, but there might be some other places I’d rather live.\u00a0\u00a0 Nonetheless Travel and Leisure Magazine<\/a> recently named Minneapolis one of the best biking cities<\/a> in the world.<\/p>\n

Minneapolis actually ranks number 2 in the US falling behind Portland as far as bike commuting goes.\u00a0 One of the reasons Minneapolis was ranked so high is the<\/p>\n

infrastructure that promotes bicycling on many fronts. From bike lockers and designated street lanes to recreational trails and snowplows dedicated to clearing off-street paths, a system exists to make transportation on a bike efficient, safe, and hassle-free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This same infrastructure makes Minneapolis a great place to run.\u00a0 Many of my runs use existing bike infrastructure.\u00a0 The Midtown Greenway<\/a> is a biking thorough-fare.\u00a0 Running on downtown’s Riverfront<\/a> uses part of the Grand Rounds Trail<\/a>.\u00a0 Of course all of the lakes <\/a>have bike and running trails.<\/p>\n

Minneapolis has a ton of paved trails, I wish it had more dirt trails within the city that I could easily use from my house.\u00a0 But I will take the ease of off-road running and the mostly suburb job of plowing that occurs in winter.<\/p>\n

HT Mayor’s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

[tags] Minneapolis, Biking, Trails, Travel [\/tags]<\/p>\n

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