More on Running in Russia

After Vladimir (a fairly small city) and St. Petersburg (a city with a fair number of large parks), running in Samara has been much more of an adventure. Occasionally I see someone else running, but it's rare and possible they are trying to catch a bus.

There are a few elementary schools by my house which have old, decrepit asphalt tracks, rutted, chewed up and great for rolling an ankle. As always, the streets are dusty and exhausted.

I found one track and field by the University of Tourism which is a bit better, half covered with those 1.5'x1.5' rubber flooring tiles you often see in looker rooms or playgrounds or on patios.

Things I've encountered while running in Samara:
-Chased by dog (x2)
-Drunken passed out person (x2)
-One drunken man falling down the stairs in front of me
-One man asking me, mid run, for 3 rubles
-10+ dog pack (x2)