{"id":1539,"date":"2014-05-17T09:47:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T09:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.7.128\/wpmigrate\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2014-05-17T09:47:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T09:47:35","slug":"stay-fit-on-vacation-running-tour-companies-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/stay-fit-on-vacation-running-tour-companies-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay fit on vacation: Running tour companies around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traveltowellness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/traveltowellnesslogo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Travel to Wellness\" title=\"Travel to Wellness\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"100\" height=\"37\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.traveltowellness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel to Wellness<\/a>&nbsp;is a website dedicated to spa + wellness-minded travel around the world. Go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.traveltowellness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel to Wellness<\/a>&nbsp;for more great spa + wellness articles.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"640\" size=\"1\" \/>\n<p>New city tours now mean that visitors can see the sights on-the-run &#8211; and we do mean that literally.<\/p>\n<p>Running tours are the hot new way for runners (even fast walkers) to see the city sights and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traveltowellness.com\/city-running-tours#whybook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Go for a Running Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/articles\/jogcentralpark.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jogging in Central Park (Photo by Thomas Hawk on Flickr.com)\" title=\"Jogging in Central Park (Photo by Thomas Hawk on Flickr.com)\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"2\" align=\"right\" \/>Top running tour companies: New York City, Rome, Los Angeles, Berlin, Buenos Aires &amp; Quebec City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) New York City-based <strong>City Running Tours<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityrunningtours.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cityrunningtours.com<\/a>) is one of the largest running tour companies is owned by Michael Gazaleh, a practicing chiropractor who was working in a small New York gym when he launched the company in early 2007.&nbsp; Since then, the business has branched out to include Chicago and Washington, D.C., Austin, Charleston, and San Diego with a roster of about 40 running guides.<\/p>\n<p>The company offers about a dozen standard routes, which they will customize upon request so &#8220;every run is just a bit different,&#8221; says Gazaleh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2) Los Angeles-based <strong>Off&#8217;N Running<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.offnrunningtours.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.offnrunningtours.com<\/a>) appears to have been the &#8220;fore-runner.&#8221; Owner Cheryl Anker says she launched the company about 15 years ago to cater to business travellers who needed to get a run in but didn&#8217;t want to be stuck on a treadmill. The company offers a number of tours in the 6-8K range, plus the recently introduced &#8220;Running from the Paparazzi,&#8221; a 90-minute event that takes participants along Robertson Blvd. past many of the shops and boutiques known for celebrity spotting. &#8220;The street itself is usually lined with paparazzi, and they often become the highlight of the tour,&#8221; says Anker.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3) Carolina Gasparetto, director of the Rome-based <strong>Sight Jogging Tours<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sightjogging.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sightjogging.it<\/a>) says her business caters mostly to a middle-aged clientele from North America, Britain and Germany. She explains that the company&#8217;s 15 tour guides undergo a training period to test both their fitness level and cultural capabilities. &#8220;They have to be fit, educated, responsible and, of course, fluent in at least one language other than Italian,&#8221; says Gasparetto.<\/p><div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>4) Mike&#8217;s <strong>SightRunning<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikes-sightrunning.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mikes-sightrunning.de<\/a>)&nbsp;in Berlin is the newcomer amid a handful of similar German-speaking tour companies in the country. Owner Michael Horstmann says he and his guides are experienced marathon runners and all run on a regular basis year-round. Tours include the area around the Berlin Cathedral, another that follows the River Spree to the city&#8217;s historical centre, and others that include the government district and the most popular tourist attractions. According to Horstmann, attractions such as the summer residence of the Prussian Kings &#8220;are lined up like pearls on a string along the riverside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He says the tours are perfect for Berlin visitors, who plan to tour the German capital for a short time and wish to keep their personal fitness but also experience Berlin and its many sights. The company has plans to expand, but at the moment has &#8220;assigned priority to co-operations with Berlin&#8217;s five-star hotels wanting to expand their wellness programs,&#8221; says Horstmann.<\/p>\n<p>5) In Buenos Aires, Argentina, <strong>Urban Running Tours<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanrunningtour.com.ar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.urbanrunningtour.com.ar<\/a>) offers tours seven days a week in Spanish, English, Italian and French. Their six standard tours take visitors through the main neighbourhoods of the city, and they also assemble personalized tours.<\/p>\n<p>6) Launched in the spring of 2008, <strong>Quebec Jogging Tours<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebecjoggingtours.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.quebecjoggingtours.com<\/a>)&nbsp;owner Dominic Menard says, &#8220;people may have 45 instead of 70 minutes and want us to cut some time off the tour.&#8221; There are those who either go faster or want to walk from time-to-time, so they &#8220;adapt our rhythm to each runner,&#8221; says Menard. Sometimes, people want to stop to catch their breath, he says, while others push us to go a little faster.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Dominic Menard recalls one extreme runner once asked to be taken to a challenging spot, so, on the Plains of Abraham route, he took a little detour to the Escaliers du Cap-Blanc, &#8220;the longest and highest stairway in Quebec City, linking the Lower City with the Upper City with over 400 steps.&#8221; This is the place, says Menard, &#8220;where local athletes go to really push themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traveltowellness.com\/city-runnings-tours#whobooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Running Tours<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/TraveltoWellness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TraveltoWellness.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to book a spa getaway? 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