Even if you live in a city or don’t have a car
. That can include building up distance for a race, or wearing a heavy backpack to train for a tough camping trip. “Ask yourself: What is it that I really need to work on?” Ramos also recommends looking into local plant and bird life, carrying around a guide book to identify the things around you.
“For me, this has always been true: The journey has always been more important than the destination,” said Ramos. “Ask yourself: How can I bring that spirit to my daily walk?”“First and foremost, you have to find out what is open near you,” says Ramos. Municipalities are making their own decisions about which parks and trails to close, often shutting down particularly popular areas, where social distancing would be difficult.
Even if an area is technically open, you still might not want to go there, says Nadine Siak, the public affairs officer for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. Many open trails are overcrowded, she says, swelling with the large numbers of people looking to escape Washington, D.C. or Richmond.
Don’t hesitate to change plans at the last minute, said Van Waes. “If you get there, and there are a lot of people gathered around picnic tables and bathrooms, you need to leave.” Ramos“I wake up at 5 a.m. to run,” says Volker. If she waits too much later than that, she says, the trail system in downtown Minneapolis, where she lives, will be too crowded. Try to avoid hiking on sunny weekend days, when trails are likely to be packed, adds Van Waes.
While Volker always carries a personal alarm when she’s running, those kinds of protective measures are especially important now, she says. “Now there is a lot more solo running,” she says, “but there is still evil in the world.” She urges the women in her community to carry some kind of bell, whistle, or alarm.Volker doesn’t like to wear a mask the whole time she’s running, but she always has one on hand. When she’s out, she wears aaround her neck.
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