The Jakarta Treadmill 5k

Where does one run in Jakarta? This a big city-we're talking 8 million people big. Jakarta is a food city. A local food writer publishes a 600-page food tome called Good Food Jakarta each year laying out a detailed review of every known food establishment in the greater metropolitan area. There's lip smacking street food, nasi goreng and fried snacks galore! All of Asia is represented on the culinary palate, including a fair smattering of European cuisine prepared by top chefs in fancy hats. The call to prayer five times a day soothes like a distant train, and the tallest buildings serve as the only landmarks for pedestrians lost in the labyrinth of tiny streets going every which way below. Sidewalks?? Parks?? Convenient public transportation? These features are conspicuously absent, leading back to my original question. Where is one to run? The traffic is horrendous. The number of scooters and cute mini SUVS on every street at every time is staggering and certainly not conducive to running. At the moment, my little running oasis is the gym at my brother's apartment. While I don't look forward to jumping on the treadmill each day, it's not often that I get to watch CNN while turning over sub 7 minute miles! We're off to the beach tomorrow, and an opportunity to run outside.
Sunday morning there is a 10k in downtown Jakarta. For one hour, feet will rule the street! I'll read about it in the Jakarta Post.