Since the summer-season weather hardly ever provides an excuse to persuade ourselves to stay at home with some snacks, plenty of people dust off their running gear to pound the pavement in Budapest. For those who feel ready for some fresh-air fitness, we recommend three often-overlooked outdoor running tracks amid the beautiful scenery of Buda. Running through the evening breeze just as the sun slowly sinks behind the Buda Hills, we can actively enjoy the natural beauty of the city’s more serene side, and easily get lost in our thoughts while keeping our bodies in shape.
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Bottomless Lake Running Track and Fitness Park
A fitness park is found around most running tracks in Budapest, where joggers can train with their own body weight, building some upper-body muscles to balance those toned thighs and calves. In this park – opened last summer – body builders can find an elliptical trainer, a kayaking machine, back exercise equipment, a pull-up frame, and a TRX frame. The 530-m-long and 125-cm-wide rubberized running track encompasses the one-hectare-large and five-meter-deep lake that was formed in 1877. The loop itself involves some jolts and jerks, as there are some smaller slopes and steep curves along the way, and joggers also have to watch out for the slowly waddling ducks and pacing pigeons around the benches. There are not many bits along the way that are sheltered by shade, but you can always get some rest on one of the many benches in this pleasant park.
