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Stay Fit While You Travel: Sight Jogging Catches On

A new way of sightseeing

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Maybe your idea of a restful vacation is gliding along the high seas on an ocean cruise, or sitting calmly in a tour bus while someone else does the driving.  If so, “sight jogging” may not be for you.

Sight Jogging: Rome wasn’t built in a day and seeing it in 24 hours is nearly impossible – unless you RUN

— Rolf Bruderer/Getty Images

 

See also: Unusual Hotel Workouts.

 

But if you’ve got a finely honed sense of adventure, and you run regularly back home, why not take your first pass through a new city in jogging shoes and shorts? You’ll be surprised how much you can see in a day, and how good you’ll feel about any sweet reward you allow yourself at the end of the road. If you pass by something you like at 10 miles per hour, you can always return for a second visit.
 
Reporter Nancy Greenlease is our guide to this new, and growing, form of tourism.

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