When I was in Jr. High or High School, I joined the school cycling club. And, one of the things they decided to do was to have a bicycle race along the MUP.

Outwardly, it would seem like a great idea, but even as a kid, after the race, I realized how absolutely stupid the whole concept of sending a bunch of kids out to race flat out along the MUP was.

On the other hand, years later, I did a DRT cargo bike race that used the central park as hub & spoke for race. While the route wasn't specified, several of the spokes naturally went out along the bike path... and that was much more mellow than I had experienced as a kid.