Cemetery's ? Is it ok to jog through them ?

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ChubbyStepper Aug 2019 4:39pm, 28 Aug 2019 First-time poster!!	0 ChubbyStepper Hi all, Just done C25K Week 1 Run 1! Still sweating 2 hours later but it's a start! I live 100 yds from a cemetery which has wide smooth roads running throughout. Local roads to me are quite busy and I need to cross them several times to get around. Do you think it's wrong to plod around the cemetery? Does anyone do this? I didn't jog/plod there today just in case. Cheers
GordonG Aug 2019 4:45pm, 28 Aug 2019 7,815 posts	0 GordonG welcome to Fetch and well done on getting out there. i personally don't think it's a problem generally, though of course i'd avoid running past an actual burial taking place! I'd say running through a cemetary would be OK, but not necessarily running round and round it. but i guess there's also a question about running past upset people grieving at a grave - much more difficult to plan for.
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2019 4:46pm, 28 Aug 2019 4,791 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I’ve run through churchyards plenty of times as footpaths often run though them, but (unless there is s public footpath running across it) I’m not sure I’d run though a cemetery. I’d be worried I would disturb someone coming to visit a grave.
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2019 4:47pm, 28 Aug 2019 4,792 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Oh, and well done for starting C2K and I hope you keep at it!
StuH Aug 2019 4:48pm, 28 Aug 2019 3,286 posts	0 StuH Yes
Northern Exile Aug 2019 4:50pm, 28 Aug 2019 5,361 posts	0 Northern Exile Yep. I know of a fell-running challenge that starts and finishes in one.
ChrisHB Aug 2019 4:53pm, 28 Aug 2019 18,276 posts	0 ChrisHB Welcome to Fetch, ChubbyStepper! I feel uneasy about either running through churchyards or walking when plainly dressed for running. But for me to want to run there, a churchyard must have a public footpath through it, so it's ok. I feel as if cemeteries are different and I wouldn't choose to run through one. Can you observe if others do? You'd want not to be seen by any funeral, perhaps. Perhaps you need to look at a good map and see if there aren't better options not too far away.
Homer Aug 2019 4:55pm, 28 Aug 2019 13,217 posts	0 Homer I usually avoid it Well done on getting out there and enjoy the journey
BaronessBL Aug 2019 4:56pm, 28 Aug 2019 7,783 posts	0 BaronessBL Welcome to Fetch. I agree with FDNB. If the cemetery has no public right of way through it (such as a public footpath) it probably wouldn't be appropriate to run through it and certainly not do loops around it. But I guess it depends whether other people use it for 'recreation' such as dog walkers etc (a lot of cemeteries do not allow dog walkers). I have run through several churchyards where there are public footpaths through them but if I did happen to be out on a Sunday morning or happened across a Church footpath only to find some other service taking place I think I would at very least stop and walk and ideally find another route. If the cemetery has no right of way though I think you'd probably be safer finding another route.
Autumnleaves Aug 2019 4:58pm, 28 Aug 2019 13,970 posts	0 Autumnleaves Welcome to Fetch and good luck with the Couch to 5k. It feels a little disrespectful to jog or run through a cemetery or churchyard unless a public footpath goes through. It's worth looking at the RunTogether website, you might find a local beginner group to tag along with. Other runners will soon tell you of good local routes.