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Lynn,
Not sure where you are staying, but I own a timeshare at the Playalinda at the end of July and I am usually training for a marathon myself. The most I have ever ran at once while in Aruba was like 13 miles though. I have run both at night and early morning. I ran most of it on their "main" roads. I say "main" because they are nothing like a highway in the US. I think they are fairly safe and fairly empty early morning or late night. Would have to say early would be safer in my opinion. From Playalinda (high rise section), I have run both north to the Lighthouse (northwest tip of island) and southeast to oranjestad. From PL its about 3.75miles to lighthouse (one way). It is a hilly course once you get near the lighthouse and there are some very steep (but short) segments close to the lighthouse. Good workout! The good news is that you get to run down them on the way back. So thats about a 7.5 mile run from PL. If you go south from PL (running part of it on the walkway by beach) you will end up in Oranjestad in about 5 miles (trying to remember...) so out and back would get you about 10. That direction (staying by the coast) is almost completeyly flat. Never really ventured far off those courses but there are small windy roads all over the island. Didn't want to get myself lost.....at least until I explore them with a car first knowing where they lead.
Scott
Toms River, NJ
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