🚴🏻🏃🏾🏊🏽🚶🏼 Looking to get active during DjangoCon US?
Getting active at DjangoCon US
Having talks means a lot of time spent not moving while watching talks. It’s important to take care of your body as well as your mind, and a good way to do that is to get moving.
If you would like a little social motivation (or an excuse to share your accomplishments), we’ve created a Strava group as we had in 2021 and 2022. It’s a different group from the last few years, so you’ll have to join again even if you joined in previous years.
Once we send invitations to attendees to join the conference Slack instance (invitations will be sent out to ticket holders by Sunday, October 15), join the #outings channel if you’d like to join or plan a group exercise.
At the hotel
The Durham Marriott City Center has a fitness center.
At the fitness center, you’ll find:
- Cardiovascular Equipment
- Elliptical Machine(s)
- Exercise Bike(s)
- Stair Climber(s)
- Strength Equipment
- Treadmill(s)
- Weight Machines
- Yoga Mats, Medicine Balls, Weight Bench, Water Station
Most of the hotels nearby have a fitness center so make sure you check with your hotel if you’re staying elsewhere.
Walking/running/hiking/biking
City of Durham Bike & Hike Map (GIS and PDF forms).
The North/South Greenway (7.5 miles of paved trail).
The American Tobacco Trail has 22 miles of rails to trails that starts less than a mile from the hotel and continues south for 14 miles of paved trail and 8 more of gravel after that
The East Coast Greenway runs through Durham.
The Falls Lake State Recreation Area has 15 miles of mountain biking and 25 miles of hiking.
Eno River park is a 20 minute drive from the hotel and has a lot of hiking trails. Eno River Association has a lot of information about the park and trails.
The Rollingview Marina at Falls Lake has paddle board, kayak, and canoe rentals.
The town of Cary has a lot of greenways and parks. They have boat and kayak rentals at Bond Park.
The Triangle Land Conservancy has a lot of trails and preserves in the area.
The Mountains to Sea Trail runs through Durham if you really want to stretch your legs!
The Riverwalk in Hillsborough is a nice walk in the woods.
Bicycling
One rental shop nearby is Durham Cycles.
Some routes from a Durham bike shop which is looking for a new location: Ride with GPS.
Carolina Tarwheels: road riding group with a bunch of routes published from various start points.
The Triangle MTB site is a good (albeit outdated) hub for mountain biking resources in the area.
If you’re interested in e-bike rentals, Triangle Bike Rentals has them.
Swimming
If swimming is your thing, the Downtown Durham YMCA has an indoor pool located only one block for the Convention Center.
If you prefer something outdoors, the Discover Durham site has some links to some interesting places to get wet outdoors with varying travel times.