Sunday, October 5, 2014
The travels of a 5K runner
I've been running for almost a year and half now - and I've run on all types of courses. Someone asked me the other day where I've run - so here is a quick list :
Runways and Tarmacs at O'Hare International Airport
Tarmacs at Midway Airport
Runways and Tarmacs at Chicago Executive Airport (Palwaukee)
Rosehill Cemetery
Comiskey Park Warning Track
Elfstrom Stadium (Kane County Cougars) Warning track and baselines
Wrigley Field Front Concourse
A Mental Health Development Facility
South Lake Michigan Lakeshore at Stadium Green (including UNDER McCormick Place)
Central Lake Michigan Lakeshore at Grant Park
INSIDE McCormick Place (100% of course indoors)
Outside Soldier Field
Outside Miller Park (Brewers)
The Loop (though the streets of Chicago's Business District - including Lower Wacker)
Several High School Track Courses
Brookfield Zoo (entire course in the zoo)
North Lake Michigan Lakseshore at Lincoln Park
Lemon Lake Trails
Chicagoland Speedway
Daytona International Speedway - including the infield road course
The Autobahn Road Course in Joliet
Along the Kankakee River
Blackberry Farms
Allerton Park Trails
A 4-story Parking Garage
Balmoral Race Track (while the horses were on track warming up - I kid you not)
Great Lakes Navy Base (including their "Hero Hill/Heartbreak Hill")
A pumpkin patch
A corn maze (entire course in maze)
Plus SEVERAL nice small-town neighborhoods and even some Chicago neighborhoods!!
More cool places on tap for 2015!!!
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