{"id":482,"date":"2011-09-05T22:17:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T22:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2011-11-20T23:11:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T23:11:05","slug":"10k-session-22-merode-in-brussels-a-runners-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/10k-session-22-merode-in-brussels-a-runners-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"10K Session 22: Merode in Brussels, a runners oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been more determined to continue my training sessions, even while on my travels and so this trip to Brussels could not be an exception! After a little searching it looked like a number of runs were being tracked in Merode, so I decided to head there and see what the story was.<br \/>\n<small>View <a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?cid=11701844712290605334&amp;dtab=2&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=208318920116952795358.0004b1a550f2c2e4997f5&amp;ll=50.840957,4.393649&amp;spn=0,0&amp;t=m&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;source=embed\">Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ie\/maps\/ms?msid=208318920116952795358.0004b1a550f2c2e4997f5&amp;msa=0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Map of Merode in Brussels\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-EaoZBPpXbdA\/TsmHN53-QjI\/AAAAAAAABBM\/uzEdVawkyz8\/s640\/Merode_Brussels.JPG?resize=384%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map of Merode in Brussels\" width=\"384\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Merode in Brussels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I took the Metro, and the minute I popped my head out of the Metro stop I could see numerous runners passing by the gates of Parc du Cinquantenaire. It was perfect, just perfect there was a 2.3km track around the park, most of it had gravel on it so it wasn&#8217;t too hard on the feet, there was only a small stretch were I had to run on the road, but even then it wasn&#8217;t in a area were cars were passing by so it was nice.<\/p>\n<p>Overall I&#8217;m delighted with the run and the experience.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adidas.com\/com\/micoach\/WorkoutDetails.aspx?WID=8821c1dd-4bdf-40d7-a049-97b2339226a8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"10K Session 22: Merode in Brussels, a runners oasis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adidas.com\/com\/micoach\/PublicWorkouts\/WorkoutImage.dwi?WID=8821c1dd-4bdf-40d7-a049-97b2339226a8\" alt=\"10K Session 22: Merode in Brussels, a runners oasis\" width=\"551\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">10K Session 22: Merode in Brussels, a runners oasis<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rKKxL6x03DM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been more determined to continue my training sessions, even while on my travels and so this trip to Brussels could not be an exception! 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