Eric webb wrote:
Just keep people who don't live in the area off the beach make it private like they do in northern suburbs . We all know that the trouble comes from the young blacks and spanish who don't work . And guess what folks i'm black !!!
The north shore suburbs keep out people who are not residents of those suburbs. So we would only eliminate the suburban low-lives.
good idea! and the city could make money.
Can someone please advise me on this? I'm heading out to chicago and just want to have a pleasant uninterrupted 5 mile hard tempo session. I've never been there before. I am starting around Navy Pier. 5 miles north gets me to Lincoln Park. Or i can go south to Soldier's Field and then double back. Which will be more pleasant and have a clear cut path for running? Thanks for any tips!
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Well if you are doing a tempo run and want to try to run the flattest route possible then you should probably head north. The downside is you'll run right past Oak Street and North Avenue beaches which will both be crowded with people unless you run early in the morning.
If you don't care about running over some minor inclines you'll have much better scenery if you run south. The only downside with runnning south is there is traffic you might have to stop for that enters and exits Navy Pier. So if you run south I'd suggest starting your tempo run just south of Illinois Street to avoid having to potentially stop for traffic. You'll have a few minor hills to contend with but you'll get some nice views of the lake, Grant park, the skyline, the museum campus and soldier field.
I do tempo runs all the time starting just north of the Lake Shore Drive bridge by Navy Pier. There's a mile marker there, but know that the next few are slightly short. I go over the bridge by North Ave and along the soft trail. The 4 mile mark is at Belmont, the 5 mile is just south of Irving Park. You can go up to possibly 7.5 miles before you reach the end of the trail, all uninterrupted by traffic (though some asshole drivers may try to run you down at various park entrances).
Well there you have it. As long as there is a "Daly" running Chicago, things will not change. I remember his father so very well.