Central Park 10K Loop – NYC
Running Route
Easy
10.09 km
65 m
This route lets you hit the hills of Central Park and Harlem before cutting across the West Side Highway. It’s ideal if you want to do some natural fartlek training on the hills – you don’t even have to pick up the pace because just running hills will jack your heart rate right up!
Route by Caitlin Phillips. Read more here: https://www.on-running.com/articles/running-routes-in-new-york-an-insiders-guide
Route and Elevation
Segments
Name | Distance | Elev. Diff. | Avg. Grade |
---|---|---|---|
LA Run | 1.15 km | 9 m | 0.4% |
Horse Alley | 0.38 km | 7 m | 0.4% |
Rink-E72Interval | 0.89 km | 10 m | 0.8% |
Horse Carriage Hill | 0.83 km | 9 m | 1.1% |
Cat Hill Mile | 1.63 km | 19 m | 0.4% |
CP East Drive Terrace to 86th | 1.17 km | 19 m | 1.0% |
CP 72nd to 79th Climb | 0.60 km | 16 m | 1.4% |
Where Harry Met Sally | 0.12 km | -0 m | 0.0% |
Central Park Cat Hill | 0.45 km | 16 m | 3.5% |
Central Park Cats Paw Hill | 0.37 km | 16 m | 3.7% |
Cat Hill with the “Super Cat” extension about 440 metres long | 0.43 km | 17 m | 3.9% |
SuperCat | 0.42 km | 16 m | 3.7% |
TRS Cat Hill | 0.27 km | 14 m | 4.9% |
Cat Hill Repeats (Between Lamp Posts) | 0.19 km | 11 m | 5.5% |
Reservoir Bridges - Westbound | 0.46 km | 5 m | 0.9% |
84th St to 60th St | 1.86 km | -5 m | -0.1% |
400m sprint South | 0.39 km | -4 m | -1.0% |
Westside: 72nd to 59th | 1.07 km | -2 m | -0.0% |
63rd to 56th Pierside | 0.67 km | -4 m | -0.1% |