Out of the city and onto the trails! Despite its size, Munich is perfect for trail runners. The English Garden is larger than New York’s Central Park, while riverside and floodplains along the Isar are crisscrossed by a wealth of footpaths and narrow trails.

None of this is new to me, as Munich was my home for many years. With an apartment right on the Isar floodplains, I used to regularly explore Munich's urban greenspaces in my running shoes. That was more than six years ago, though it was brilliant recently rediscovering Munich's trails as a visitor, testing the new Speedgoat 6 from HOKA on the trails of my old home.

I spent four days getting reacquainted with Munich’s trails and I present my favourite runs in this Collection. Some stay very close to the city – one of the great things about Munich is how the boundaries between hustle and trail blur very quickly. For others, you take the S-Bahn a few stops out of town and launch yourself in the natural beauty of Munich's greenspaces. Either way, all the routes are loops that can be easily reached by public transport. Use the route planner on the Munich Transport Association (MVV) website to plan your connections: mvv-muenchen.de/en/index.html.

What are you waiting for? Lace up your running shoes and off you go!