by Sotiris Karahalios

Created on: April 30, 2009   Last Updated: May 03, 2009

Most of us live in cities so it's difficult to find a place to jog rather than on roads. Jogging on roads isn't safe at all. Based on recent researches the best place to jog is on grass, because in that way you will not hurt your legs as much as on road.

Let's concentrate on the advantages first, (which are far less than the disadvantages). Asphalt is less dangerous than dirt road. Usually an asphalt road doesn't have so many holes as a dirt road has. If you accidentally fall in a hole you can injure yourself. In that point, city asphalt roads are the best roads to jog on.

Now let's see the disadvantages. First of all asphalt is a strong material that will hurt your legs. Recent researches have shown that running on asphalt for many years can lead to serious leg and knee injuries. Humans are not used to walk or run on asphalt roads, so our bodies are not compatible with that kind of roads.

City roads are not safe at all in a matter of accidents. Even if you are jogging on the pedestrian road, you can accidentally fall on a pedestrian walking on it. Running on roads is more dangerous though, because you can be hit by a car. The best way to prevent this kind of accident is to run in the opposite direction from the direction that the cars are coming. You can see them coming and it's far easier to avoid them. It may be safer but by avoiding the cars you can easily fall in a hole or injure your legs from hitting on the pavement.

Jogging in a city is also not the best thing to do. You are exercising and your lungs need more oxygen. In cities, as we all know, the quality of the air is far more worse than in the countryside. Our lungs will get polluted air and thus will make us feel worse. Jogging on road will make you inhale more exhausts from cars and I don't think that you would want that!

If you live in a city, try not to jog in central roads. Try to find a nearby stadium to jog. In that way you can eliminate most dangerous that come from jogging on roads. First of all, there are no cars to hit you. That is very important because cars are the most dangerous accident you can encounter while running. Apart from that you can run on grass which is far better than running on asphalt. Usually runners in stadium are running on the same direction so there will be no problem with hitting the other runners because none is running or walking in the opposite direction than yours!

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