He went running to the park. vs He went to the park running.

[Ricken]

I was browsing through the Japanese version Yahoo Answers and came across this question.
The asker wants to know if there are any differences between the following sentences.

(1) He went running to the park.
(2) He went to the park running.

#1 sounds strange to me. I would say “He ran to the park.”

I don’t think #2 is grammatically correct. It should be “He went to the park for running” although I would probably say “He went to the park for jogging.”

What do you guys think?

[Mister Micawber]

I think it depends on what is meant. Both sentence structures are OK. Both indicate that he ran to the park, not necessarily in it.
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[Ricken]

Thank you.

I've learned something.