To answer some questions:
So far I've only run on the beach. There is sort of a path that one can run on, similar to but far lower in quality than Chicago's lakefront path. At some points I end up running on the beach itself, which is fine because the sand is packed enough.
Also, the stretch of beach that I run on is terrible for actually going to the beach because it's very rocky. I'm not sure where the best beach spots are but I've come across some decent points once or twice.
The other supposedly good place to run is a park in the city. I think it's about a mile around and it's where most people run.
Running is definitely a thing. It's not much of a thing, but people do it. On the beach I see a few people running, sometimes even in shorts (but a long-sleeved shirt, or pants and a short-sleeved shirt which is what I do regardless of temperature. Since I run on the beach with the wind, and in the morning, I don't get too hot). When I asked my host father "where to run outside, for exercise" he immediately understood what I meant and said I should go either to the park or the beach. He also offered to go with me to the park because he plays soccer there, but I declined because I didn't want to get up at 6:30AM (ha). This is in sharp contrast to Fes where my host mom simply didn't understand what I meant when I said that I wanted to "run outside, for exercise" and I certainly never saw anyone running (not once!)
Also, I forgot to say that on the second day after we arrived in Morocco, when we traveled from Rabat to Fes, at some point there was a cross country meet going on! With girls in shorts and everything. It was really cool. So there's some cross country culture here, but I would guess that it's less of a thing here than in the states (which is saying something).
Also I would say that the biggest difference comes to running in the city itself (aside from in that park). Running on the streets is really not done. This is unfortunate because generally I like running in new areas as a way to explore, but I can't really do that here.
So far I've only run on the beach. There is sort of a path that one can run on, similar to but far lower in quality than Chicago's lakefront path. At some points I end up running on the beach itself, which is fine because the sand is packed enough.
Also, the stretch of beach that I run on is terrible for actually going to the beach because it's very rocky. I'm not sure where the best beach spots are but I've come across some decent points once or twice.
The other supposedly good place to run is a park in the city. I think it's about a mile around and it's where most people run.
Running is definitely a thing. It's not much of a thing, but people do it. On the beach I see a few people running, sometimes even in shorts (but a long-sleeved shirt, or pants and a short-sleeved shirt which is what I do regardless of temperature. Since I run on the beach with the wind, and in the morning, I don't get too hot). When I asked my host father "where to run outside, for exercise" he immediately understood what I meant and said I should go either to the park or the beach. He also offered to go with me to the park because he plays soccer there, but I declined because I didn't want to get up at 6:30AM (ha). This is in sharp contrast to Fes where my host mom simply didn't understand what I meant when I said that I wanted to "run outside, for exercise" and I certainly never saw anyone running (not once!)
Also, I forgot to say that on the second day after we arrived in Morocco, when we traveled from Rabat to Fes, at some point there was a cross country meet going on! With girls in shorts and everything. It was really cool. So there's some cross country culture here, but I would guess that it's less of a thing here than in the states (which is saying something).
Also I would say that the biggest difference comes to running in the city itself (aside from in that park). Running on the streets is really not done. This is unfortunate because generally I like running in new areas as a way to explore, but I can't really do that here.
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