Shunyi's New Colorful Running Track is Open to the Public
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Are you a running enthusiast looking for a new track? Then we've got good news for you: on Aug 1, the Tianzhu Colorful Fitness Trail (天竺五彩健身步道 tiānzhú wǔcǎi jiànshēn bùdào) in Shunyi opened to the public.
As the name implies, the track sports several different colors
The new track begins at the Yanglin exit of the Airport Expressway in the east and stretches to Garden 4th Street in the west, the north side of Wenyu River in the south, and Fuqian 1st Street in the north. It also winds past seven main roads, including Linyin Road, Tianzhu East Road, and Park Ring Road.
The tree-lined track skirts marshes as planes from the Beijing Capital International Airport fly nearby
As the name suggests, the rubber grain track switches between five different colors: purple, yellow, blue, red, and green. The beautiful scenery – the tree-lined run takes you past marshes and gives a great elevated view over Shunyi – is just the icing on the cake.
Of the new track, Ray Heng, Shunyi resident and owner of Pebbles Courtyard on Wudaoying Hutong, says, "I think [the new running trail] is the best gift to Beijing after all the teardowns that have happened lately in the city! The trail is about a 2.2km loop, with a pond full of lilies and a hilltop in the middle which overlooks the CBD and Wangjing and the mountains to the west of Beijing on a clear day."
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From the hill in the middle, you can see all the way to the CBD on a clear day
"The track is new and clean, with very few people because of the low-density community in Shunyi, so this is a great alternative to the Olympic Forest Park running trails by the North Fifth Ring Road because it's not that much farther and there are a lot fewer people," Heng adds.
There's a 2km loop as well as a 300m track for toddlers and families
The track was opened in unison with National Fitness Day (Aug 8) earlier this month, which began in 2009 to commemorate the Beijing Olympic Games and help draw attention to and satiate people's growing sports needs. We'd say that this colorful track does just that.
Tianzhu Colorful Fitness Trail 天竺五彩健身步道
Daily 6am-10pm
Tianzhu Town Culture Activity Center, Shunyi, Chaoyang District
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This article originally appeared on our sister publication beijingkids.
Photos courtesy of Ray Heng, sohu.com
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