Jacob, we never did get out for a run yet together;) Alas, I may be cycling more this spring after my next running race is over on Mar. 15.
For others interested in running, I can recommend a Thursday night “Chengdu Runner’s Club” English corner and run from the Sports Univ. on First Ring Rd. Climb a fence to get in by the 7:30pm gathering time, meet some new friends, and the English corner never lasts too long as these local runners want to run more than practice their English. They run around the track, but if that doesn’t deter you, last week when I went there about 30 local folks there of various abilities; some ran 10km+ while others ran 5km or so.
I’d be willing to meet up with any of you as well; I run anytime from 6:30am morning sessions, or a noon run after classes, to afternoon/evening runs, but almost never after dinner and weekends are flexible. I’ll run as long as anyone wants to (I’m also open to trail runs to at QingCheng/LongQuan), so whether long or short is your preference, if you want to run along the river near city center or meet up anywhere within a few miles of 1st Ring Road South (near the SW Minorities Univ./Wuhou District,etc), I’d be up for talking more.
I’m tapering now for a trail ultra, so after I recover, I’d be up for meeting in late March so let me know and we can make some tentative plans.