Are you a running enthusiast and looking for a good running track? Then we’ve got good news for you: from August 1, the Tianzhu colorful fitness trail in Shunyi, with a total length of about 10 kilometers, is open to the public.
This new running track starts from the Yanglin exit of the airport expressway in the east, and reaches Garden 4th Street in the west, the north side of Wenyu River in the south, and Fuqian 1st Street in the north. It also covers seven roads including Linyin Road, Tianzhu East Road, and Park Ring Road. This fitness track is 1.4 meters wide and laid with 2 centimeters of rubber grain, in five different colors: purple, yellow, blue, red, and green. The beautiful scenery around it is another bonus.
Of the new track Ray Heng, Shunyi resident and owner of Pebbles Courtyard on Wudaoying Hutong, says, “I think [the new running trail]is the best gift to Beijing after all the teardowns that have happened lately in the city! The trail is about a 2.2km loop, with a pond full of lilies and a hilltop in the middle which overlooks the CBD and Wangjing and the mountains to the west of Beijing on a clear day.”
“The track is new and clean, with very few people because of the low-density community in Shunyi, so this is a great alternative to the Olympic Forest Park running trails by the North Fifth Ring Road because it’s not that much farther and there are a lot fewer people,” Heng adds.
As August 8 has been the official National Fitness Day since 2009, to meet people’s growing sports needs and commemorate the success of the Beijing Olympic Games, there are a few sports activities open to everyone this month. You can join morning and night running events in the south park of Xiwang Jiayuan in Shunyi.
Tianzhu colorful fitness trail (Tiānzhú wǔcǎi jiànshēn bùdào, 天竺五彩健身步道)
Free. Daily 6am-10pm. Tianzhu Town Culture Activity Center, Chaoyang District. 北京市朝阳区天竺文化广场.
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