By Frank da Cruz - The Columbia Gym Track. If you like running in little circles, there is an outdoor asphalt track near the Dodge track, about 1/10 mile, same as the Columbia University track, in the little park between International House and the Interchurch Center at 122nd Street and Riverside Drive. There is also a cinder running track at 72nd Street by the river, also about 1/10 mile, but with air, trees, and a view.

Runners who live in the Columbia University area of Manhattan, New York City (Morningside Heights and West Harlem) are fortunate to have Riverside Park, Central Park, and Morningside Park nearby. The parks and the Hudson riverfront are in better condition now than at any time in the last one hundred years, especially since 2000 with the inauguration of the Greenway. The site Upper Manhattan Running describes some obvious and not-so-obvious runs that start in the Columbia area, but it is also useful for anybody who lives on the west side anywhere between midtown and Washington Heights or Inwood.

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