On my honeymoon in the Cook Islands, I ran about halfway around Rarotonga, lagoon and reef on the left, lush tropical forest and the "needle" on the right, many chickens and goats jsut wandering around. Very humid. My other fav is pretty much my long runs at home, North Van to and through Stanley park on the seawall, to Kits beach. Almost all oceanside with city or mountain views depending on direction. Heard the Big SUr marathon is awesome would like to try that someday.

Every run I did in New Zealand, from lush rolling hill sheep farm country to coastal jaunts to alpine like conditions in Queenstown. Spectacular.

I've never been on a cool run or anything, but my grandpa was Buzz Aldrin....he went a cooler run than any of you guys!

Best run is along the cliffs on Point Loma in San Diego, great rolling hills and unbeleivable ocean views.

not really a run but grand canyon hike was awesome. would like to the run along the rim someday.

ummmm.....I kinda made that up.....you guys are real space dorks! :D But I do have the book, Bryan.

I've had some beautiful vacation runs, too.

The trail up to Angel's Landing in Zion National Park
To the top of a crater in Honolulu
Around Lake Mead in an Adventure Race (another shot) (sure, much of it was at more of a hiking pace, but we ran parts)

Good memories... thanks for making me think about them :)

I have two: Regensburg and Rothemburg. Both are old walled cities in Germany and are a must if you are in the area.

Probably not on the worlds top 10 list - but if your ever in SW Virginia, there is a great "rails to trails" trail along the New River that is beautiful. Miles and miles of very flat, smooth but not paved trail, along a beautiful river that cuts through the Appalachian Mtns. Starts in Pulaski VA.

a run next to Lake Como in the Northern Alps of Italy.

I agree with vanjames, the seawall around Stanley Park – part of the Vancouver Marathion in 1989 is right up there.
I’ve run
- around Diamondhead, through Queen Kapiolani park and along Waikiki Beach. Nice
- 10 miles along the south shore of St. Kitts, in the Leeward Islands. beautiful.
- through Monument Valley past Totem Pole in Arizona - breathtaking (see pic below)

- Melissa’s 10k trail race in Banff, Alberta - inspiring
- Alii drive is pretty nice (it wasn’t during the race, alas)

But my fav is one I get to do any day I like – along the old highway above Kalamalka Lake and down to Kekuli Bay, below is the view.

Above: Kal Lake from the old hwy 97, near Vernon, BC

Second that on Raro. Great run vistas - the needle is a fun run/hike - the ending awesome. The Te Manga Track, if you can find it and it's not raining, has the best vistas. Magic.

Big Sur would have been scenic had I not been in sheer pain starting at mile 18. I think it was beautiful.

The best brick workout was the island of Bequia. Ran barefoot on the beach and did coasteering around the southwest border. First time swimming with a camelback - I don't recommend it. That thing started smelling a couple weeks later. Fantastic run - it was a blessed trip.

I did run around Capital Hill in the rain once, that was pretty cool

Nice pics POC! I climbed the Totem back in the late 70's...I was running then ..but you don't run much schleping 100 pounds of camping and climbing gear around...I should plan a return visit with just running shoes!

Went back to where I grew up a couple of years ago to do a marathon after not having been there for about 20 years. I ran the old neighborhood: to the grade school, jr. high and high school and to the quarry where we used go when cutting school.

Alot had changed, friends that I grew up with no longer lived in the houses that were now a different color and greatly changed from how I remembered them. Alot was still the same.

Probably not the most scenic run I've ever done, but still pretty darn memorable.

I've had one like that too cayman... past the old house and neighborhood, past places I used to think of as a big area. It just seemed smaller... I ran out of places before miles :)

Anton, I think the more appropriate question for you is, is there anyplace you haven't yet run, that you would like to? Anyway, thanks for all the responses, glad I could stoke some good memories.

We camped in a box canyon about 2 miles from totem pole. We rode in there on horseback and the truck brought the camping gear. I ran down to totem pole and back after a day in the saddle - in soft red sand, at 5,000 feet elevation - one of the tougher runs I've ever done but dinner sure tasted good.
BBQ steak over mesquite and cold beer. MMmm, good!
This is me at Ford Point on a quarter horse called Utah.

PoC

I had a really spectacular run a couple of weeks ago on a trail along the McKenzie river in Oregon. Just amazing.

I like to travel though and I always take my running shoes. I've enjoyed some really gorgeous runs:

In the Yorkshire Dales at dawn in November (that's the only one I have a photo of, since my hubby took it)...

Across bridges between rock islands in Palau
On the pink coral sand beaches of Zanzibar (and plenty of other tropical beaches, but Zanzibar was my favorite)
On roads by rice fields in Japan
On towpaths in England

and lots of other cool places. And of course, the fabulous Pre's Trail here in Eugene, and many of our other lovely running trails here.