MARCH 1 RUN 2 BEAN (from Wisconsin!) is BACK!

Hi all,

Last year I organized a small group adventure from the Wisconsin border city, Kenosha, to the Bean in downtown Chicago. It was such a great time that we want to do it again this year! This is not an official endorphins event, but here are the details and how you can be involved. This will be taking place on Saturday March 1.

The Adventure: Essentially the idea is to take the Metra UP-N to the end of the line and run the 55 miles back, but there are all sorts of ways to be involved without running the whole way back. Last year there were people who traded off biking and running, people who biked alongside the whole way (and stopped at the beach!), and the one and only GOOSE🪿 to meet us in Highland Park for lunch. There’s also the option to run any amount of the route and take the train back to the city early or take the train to join us late and run with us on the second half of the route. Or just hop in for the last few miles as we reenter the city.

Logistics: We will meet at the Ogilvie Transportation Center at 6:20 am to board the first train to Kenosha scheduled to depart at 6:35 and arrive in Kenosha at 8:20 am. We really have all day to run back. Sunset is at 5:43 pm and we should at least be in Evanston by then, even if we make many food and water stops. The plan is to have one longer lunch stop in Highland Park around mile 28.

Route: The route is mostly the same as last year and can be found here: https://www.strava.com/routes/3172742210994460738. The first 20 or so miles of the route are along the tree-lined section of the Robert McClory Bike Path. After that, the path continues through the town centers of north shore suburbs Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Highwood, and Highland Park where we’ll stop for lunch. The back half continues through more north shore suburb centers through Ravinia, Glencoe, Winnetka, Wilmette along the Green Bay trail. From there, we will head east to the Baháʼí Temple and run south from Evanston, through Northwestern, along the lake until we reenter Chicago. The last 6 miles or so will simply go down Clark St through Wrigley and Lincoln Park and we’ll finish by going down Mag Mile to the Bean.

Join Us! If you are interested in taking part in this once in a lifetime adventure, please join the group chat here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IzDKnsHJ2zsLTXPmU6EPTr. If you have any questions please let me know!

Looking forward to this adventure!

nathan 🌷