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Hi,
I'm not to good on the specifics, but I find running tones up pretty much everything, including abs and all round the lower back etc. so you'll be burning fat and hardening up the muscle behind your love handles at the same time.
personally, I think that running on tarmac and on the flat is fairly dull and that uneven surfaces are probably better for your legs generally (as long as you don't twist your ankle!) but you've got to go with what's available. I usually start off with a short course and run it slowly, and then as you get used to the course and pacing yourself, you can add distance and try to go faster.
Doing weights would be good too, but I find it difficult to keep more than one thing going at a time, so if I'm running I forget to do weights mostly.
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