Running Routes (close to Patong)

[corkman]

Hi All,

Can anyone suggest a running route? Closer to Patong the better. I'd prefer something flat. I don't want to run on sand. Distance 5-10km (round trip).

I have a car, so I can drive to nearby areas.

Many thanks in advance.

CM

[fiddlehead]

I'd go up to HaSip Pee road although there is not a lot of shade.
Or, go up to the road that was cut into the mountain for the shortcut to Wat Chalong (that was never completed)
That is a beautiful place, although it is not flat.

Or combine the 2, although it is quite steep between them.
Not a whole lot of flat land around Patong that I know of.

[stevenl]

The dam in Kathu?

[hkt83100]

The dam in Kathu?

While you are running there, you might start a new hobby: Geocaching

http://coord.info/GC1N3MP

[fiddlehead]

Yeah, both dams are quite flat.
The new one could (fairly) easily be accessed from Patong via the road I posted above.
You'd probably have to drive to Bang Wad from Patong to get started.
Bang Wad is 6 kms around,

Phunaka is 4.5 kms. (but add 3-4 steep kms to get there from Patong)

[corkman]

thanks all.

I'll try out the damns when I'm there next week ;-)