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6 Replies Last post: Apr 10, 2007 5:46 PM by comet034  
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Apr 5, 2007 12:17 PM

How or Where do Chicago runners do hill workouts?

I live in Chicago and the only hill I've ever found is the one on the lakefront at Montrose.

How or Where do other Chicago runners do hill workouts?


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1. Apr 6, 2007 11:43 AM in response to: thejoggler
Re: How or Where do Chicago runners do hill workouts?
Barrington Hills - roads west of Barrington High School and north of Lake-Cook Rd. (NW suburbs). There are many variations one can do, but this one is the "classic" route:

http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=3120[/URL" target="_blank">

You will find many groups taking off from the high school parking lot between 7 and 8 am on Saturdays and Sundays year-round.

Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, Darien - 9.5 mile loop trail with a couple hills (W suburbs)

Pulaski Woods (I think), Oak Forest - (S. suburbs)
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2. Apr 6, 2007 4:49 PM in response to: thejoggler
Re: How or Where do Chicago runners do hill workouts?
Running stairs in tall buildings.
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3. Apr 6, 2007 4:53 PM in response to: thejoggler
Re: How or Where do Chicago runners do hill workouts?
Morton Arbortetum

Almost anywhere in Palos
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4. Apr 8, 2007 7:32 PM in response to: thejoggler
Re: How or Where do Chicago runners do hill workouts?
I don't live in Chicago, but we have the same problem down in Champaign-Urbana. I can't comment on the safety of doing this in Chicago, but some of us flatlanders in C-U run parking garage ramps for hills.

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5. Apr 8, 2007 9:30 PM in response to: thejoggler
Re: How or Where do Chicago runners do hill workouts?
San Francisco
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comet034
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6. Apr 10, 2007 5:46 PM in response to: thejoggler
Re: How or Where do Chicago runners do hill workouts?
"Mount Trashmore," a former landfill, which is located in Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenville, is the highest point in DuPage County. For really good hill running, it's probably worth the trip.

http://www.dupageforest.com/preserves/blackwell.html[/URL" target="_blank">
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