ISIT Fun Runs!
Join us for a few morning fun runs in Athens! We’ll run on Tuesday and Thursday morning, leaving early to (attempt to) beat the Athenian heat.
Run leaders: Mary Wootters and George Alexandropoulos (local expert!).
Notes:
- All paces are welcome! The group will likely split if there are lots of us who want to run at lots of different paces, so be prepared to find your own way back in case a run leader isn’t in your pace group. (The routes are listed below, and we recommend you bring a phone with maps just in case).
- It will be very hot – dress appropriately and consider bringing water!
- The Thursday fun run meets at the Stavros Niarchos Park, where the welcome reception is. You can either take a bus there (make sure you have a transit card! You can get one at the airport when you arrive) or else run there (it’s about 2.3 mi / 3.6 km).
Tuesday Fun Run: Historic Athens! (About 4 miles / 6.4 km, or less if you like)
- Meet at the Intercontinental Lobby around 6am – we will leave at 6:05am.
- We will do an out and back with views of the Acropolis; get prepared to ascend and descend a small hill twice. If you’d like to do less distance, just turn around earlier!
- Map below, see https://www.strava.com/routes/3238962374273614512 for details.
Thursday Fun Run: The Marina! (About 3.5 mi / 5.6 km, or less if you like)
- We will meet in Stavros Niarchos Park around 6:30am, and leave at 6:35am. (See picture below for meeting point). To get there:
- You can take a bus there (make sure you have a transit card! The Moovit app will tell you about transit schedules).
- You can run there (about 2.3mi/3.6km from the conference hotel).
- [We may post more info here about organizing a group leaving from the hotel, stay tuned.]
- We will do an out-and-back with views of the Saronic gulf. Again, if you’d like to do less distance, just turn back earlier!
- Map below, or see https://www.strava.com/routes/3238865107941325488 for details.
