Myrtle Beach - Smelly running town

Whoa - Myrtle Beach is certainly a smelly town for runners. It was a zillion degrees, 5 zillion percent humidity, and not many running routes. I checked a couple of those "map your favorite run" websites, and it looked like everyone must be geechy tourists and just run up & down Ocean Blvd. OK - I'll go run up & down Ocean Blvd. 4.5 out, 4.5 back.

WOW. I can only surmise that the cool locals keep the real running routes to themselves, and don't post them on the running websites. That was the nastiest, smelliest run I've ever endured. All the dumpsters are lined up along the edge of the street, house after house, condo after condo, and when the temps are in the mid 90's, the stench is just indescribable.

I got smart, and on the way back, I slipped over a block off of the main drag and ran through the tony areas. Past the zillion dollar houses, past the gated communities, and through the shady streets. There were the people walking their dogs. There's the seniors on their golf carts. And NO dumpsters! (A lot less traffic, too)

After slogging out my 9 miles exactly, of course there was some new nose-hair-melting raw sewage smell outside of our condo. A fitting way to end a hot, stinky, the sweatiest I've EVER been in my life run.