Whether you're a serious runner or just like to go out for a casual jog, Vancouver, British Columbia is the place to be if you enjoy running in the great outdoors.

Just minutes from Downtown Vancouver, the Stanley Park Seawall offers a stunningly picturesque route, with breathtaking views of the city, the North Shore Mountains and the sea.

Traffic and fumes are left behind as you run along the perimeter of Vancouver's first park, dedicated by Governor General Lord Stanley in 1889, "to the use and enjoyment of people of all colours, creeds and customs, for all time", a thousand-acre wooded oasis right next to Vancouver