Community Vote #6 results + other updates

Hey hey team! Lots of updates here to buckle up!

Firstly, (IG saw it first) stoked to announce @Abbey Jonkman (Wellman) will be joining me as a Chicago city lead! If you have been to an endorphins CHI run you know Abbey!!! Hopefully with her help we can lead more runs and continue to build our family 🥰

Please see below for the results / updates following the community vote!

1.) We will continue the rotating runs but split the month in half for some consistency! For two saturdays a month we will have runs rotating in different areas of the city, and the other two saturdays we will meet at PinPico Brazilian Cafe in Old Town (address: 1538 N Clark St). The route will also be consistent on the Old Town runs (I know you will all miss me getting everyone lost on saturdays <3). I will schedule Saturday long runs now, so be on the lookout for those!

2.) We will keep our long run mileage to ~8 mile routes up until marathon season starts next summer! Remember, you are always free to join for as many miles as you feel comfortable 😄

3.) This was a close vote, but we will be changing our monday morning route and reassess come march / april once the weather gets warmer! The new route (still starts at castaways and ends at Philz coffee) can be found here.

4.) So many coffee shop suggestions!! Thank you all - also noted that not everyone drinks coffee, so we will try to have some runs start / end at donut shops or cafes that have other options. (Below responses are just some select responses, not all responses, plus I wanted to show “scott’s apartment” because thats hilarious)

5.) Heck yeah! Lets hang out again when we are not all warm and sweaty, keep your eyes peeled, bar crawl round 2 loading….

6.) so many vibes, vibes everywhere

That is all!!! I do not have free shoes to give away but you should still comment ⚡💙 on this post if you read the entire thing because it will bring me joy.

See you all tonight at the zoolights run!

XOXO

Bird 🐥