The second summit of our newly formed running club WRCE, took place last night at the Fleet Feet Pint Night run in
Lincoln Square. I was "running" a little late, and missed the pre-run meetup at the Fleet Feet store. On my way up to the event, I spotted a gaggle of runners crossing Western Avenue at Wilson. I figured the WRCE members were probably either in that group or pulling up the rear. Luckily, I spotted them on the other side of the street, pulling up the rear.
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| Declan pulling up the rear with a traditional butt shot |
I jumped in the group and we ran about 1.75 miles to the Chicago North Branch trail turnaround. I crossed over the bridge to take a look at the progress at the North Park University track. It would appear that they are almost done with the renovation of the track. It looks pristine and appeared and smelled freshly painted:
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| North Park University track is almost done. It will be fun to test it out soon! |
Then it was turnaround picture time:
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| WRCE (less Declan) |
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| WRCE (less me) |
After stopping off at Fleet Feet, where we got our free pint casino chips, we headed over to
The Grafton. We were joined at our table by some random dude. This dude didn't like racing too much, especially distances over 5k because he says they are boring. Declan and I both ordered the delicious fish and chips and split some hummus. Maggie got a huge beer that I initially thought was a bottle of wine:
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| Maggie, her giant beer (with photo bomb by Erin) |
After some stimulating conversation, including discussing t-shirts, websites, a potential WRCE 5k, and the Grand Geneva 5 miler, we left. We walked as a group down Lincoln Ave, and one at a time, one of the group would peel off and walk their separate way home. Next meeting is on Thursday for Sausage Fest '13. Looking forward to eating lots of sausage! I am bringing the sauerkraut!
