{"id":23242,"date":"2023-07-23T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=23242"},"modified":"2023-07-23T09:18:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T01:18:25","slug":"where-to-do-distance-running-or-walking-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/where-to-do-distance-running-or-walking-in-beijing","title":{"rendered":"Where to do distance running or walking in Beijing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Beijing tour<\/a>? In the mega-city centre of Beijing, you may be a little bewildered as where to find a peaceful traffic-free place to do your daily walking, jogging, or running whether you’re looking for a quick workout or a long jog to kill an entire morning, afternoon or evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asking about running routes in Beijing, most probably you are advised to do your exercises  in the city parks where you can dodge car exhaust, fast-moving scooters and random bicycles. The parks in Beijing are basically good options for running or jogging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But today I’d like to introduce to you the 35-km magnificent greenway alongside the Second Ring Road, which offers the most runner-friendly running routes in the city core of Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official name of the 35-km green road is known as “City Greenway Circling the Second Ring Road “, or simplified as “Beijing Greenway”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing’s Second Ring Road is a city core expressway free of traffic lights built on the former massive city wall which was moved away in 1960s ( See Beijing\u2019s Vanished City Wall<\/a> ) to make way for building new roads and later for the ring road. Fortunately some sections of the city moats have been kept and renovated for the beautification of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the local government has made great efforts building a green path alongside the Second Ring Road and some sections of the green path make use of the green roads along the two banks of the city moats circling the Second Ring Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roads of of Beijing Greenway built along the two banks of the ancient city moats are my favourite running and walking routes. These city moat bank roads are incorporated into the greenway with\u00a0mesmerizing views, especially in spring and autumn:\u00a0 neatly cut roadside hedges,\u00a0 weeping willow trees, peach flowers, bridges, ancient city wall relics and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whole length of the greenway is well maintained – well decorated pavilions for short breaks, sentry boxes for security wardens and nearby toilets are proportionately arranged along the green path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of\u00a0 the 35-km greenway, there are two major city moat bank roads – the North City Moat Bank Road and the South City Moat Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North City Moat Bank Road is about 6 km long starting from Jishuitan (\u79ef\u6c34\u6f6d) on the west and Dongzhimen (\u4e1c\u76f4\u95e8) on the east running parallel with the North Second Ring Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South City Moat Road is about 13 km, much longer than the North City Moat Bank Road, starting Tianningsi Bridge ( \u5929\u5b81\u5bfa\u6865) to Dongbianmen Bridge ( \u4e1c\u4fbf\u95e8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two major city moat banks roads ( part of Beijing Greenway ) are highly recommended for your walking and running during your stay in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I often do the jogging in the evening along part of the South City Moat Bank Road, to which I live much closer. For me, the clean and green roads along the two banks of the revamped city moats are just like a huge and long city water park where people do all sorts of things – flying kites, go fishing, walking dogs, leisure walking and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come and join us walking and running along the city-moat-turned green path. You will gain much more than pure running, and you will have the opportunity to sense, feel and touch the real local life and culture behind the buzz and noise of the mage-city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some of the pictures I took with my smart phone camera while running from Dongbianmen ( \u4e1c\u4fbf\u95e8\u6865) down south to Zuoanmen Bridge (\u5de6\u5b89\u95e8\u6865).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Running along the moat bank road.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Walking On the Greenway<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Dogs share the green belt.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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The magnificent View of the Corner Tower over the city moat.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Preparing flying a kite<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Struggle to fly high the kite.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Car Rental in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
Beijing Tour Packages<\/a>
Beijing Winter Tour<\/a>
Great Wall Tour<\/a>
Beijing Tours<\/a>
China City Tours<\/a>
China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
How to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangfujing Night Snack Street<\/a>
Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
Beijing Huguosi Street<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions,  just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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