About
I'm Quintin, and I run Seoul most mornings.
Run With Me Seoul is one person, not a company with a roster. I plan the runs, I guide them, and I am the one you will be talking to before you book. Here is how I ended up doing this.
How I got here
I first came to Seoul as an exchange student at Yonsei University. I went home, thought about it for a while, and came back. I have lived here for ten years since, on an F6 residency, married into the city as much as moved to it.
I learned Seoul the slow way, on foot and mostly running. Ten years of early mornings teaches you a city in a way no map does. Which riverside stretch floods after heavy rain. Where the path is quiet at 6am and where it is already busy. Which convenience store is open when you need water, which cafe has its lights on before everyone else. That is the kind of detail you only pick up by being somewhere a long time.
Why I guide runs
These runs are not a product I dreamed up. They are the routes I would take a visiting friend on. Scenic where it counts, practical where it matters, and full of small things worth pointing out along the way.
A guided run is the quickest way I know to show someone the Seoul I actually live in. Not the postcard version, and not a bus window. You see how fast the city changes block by block, and you get a real run in while you do it.
I am not here to test anyone's pace. I am here to help you have a good run in a city that is easier to love once someone shows you where to start.
Two ways I work with people
Visitors who run. Locals learning English.
Running tours
Private and small-group guided runs for people visiting Seoul. The river, the hills, the backstreets, at your pace.
See the toursRun & Talk
English conversation practice on a run, for people living in Korea. This one comes straight out of my years in English education here.
See Run & TalkThe short version
A bit of background.
- A degree in Business Sustainability and International Business from Arizona State University, graduated summa cum laude.
- Study abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, which is what pulled me back to Korea for good.
- Ten years living in Seoul, on F6 permanent residency.
- Started out in English education here, teaching everyone from young kids to working adults. The Run & Talk sessions grow straight out of that.
- Years since spent in product, UX writing and marketing, plus freelance writing about Seoul and Korea for travellers.