The best 5 km runs in Lyon
The best scoring runs in Lyon at each distance, one per district. The running page has every district.
The top 9, drawn in full
- 1 Parc de la Tête d'Or4.9 km, 3 m up
- 2 From Pont Churchill - Rive Droite4.7 km, 26 m up
- 3 From Sergent Berthet5.0 km, 81 m up
- 4 From Ampère - Victor Hugo4.5 km, 114 m up
- 5 Site historique de Lyon4.8 km, 141 m up
- 6 From Hôtel de Ville - Louis Pradel5.0 km, 16 m up
- 7 From Halle Tony Garnier3.9 km, 0 m up
- 8 From Saxe-Préfecture5.5 km, 6 m up
- 9 From Sans Souci6.0 km, 10 m up
The best 20 km rides in Lyon
We tested a ride from a station in every 3 km square of Lyon then rode 20 km, 60 km and 100 km from the best of them and kept the best stations at each distance. These are their best scoring rides.
The top 2, drawn in full
Running by district
We tested a run from 348 stations across Lyon and kept up to 10 of the best in each district, 65 in all. How we pick the starts
Running in parks and forests
Cycling by station
We tested 13 stations, one in each 3 km square of Lyon. These 2 start the best rides, each distance keeping its own. No two at one distance are within 6 km of each other, so they spread across the city.