The Running Flax

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Good news for people who love Flax news

According to Alma, there is a rubberized track - much, much better than running on pavement and actually where I did a lot of my running (at Underhill Field) in 2002 - at Oz Park. I was a bit wary of taking public transportation for 20 minutes just to run - because that's one more thing to carry (the Chicago Card Plus), plus it's like half the downside of joining a gym - but at least the 8 bus down Halsted ends up right at the park, meaning it's not the most ridiculous commute ever. (If I would have been stuck walking to the Red Line, then walking back from it at Fullerton, and then another quarter-mile down to Webster, you could have forgotten it.) I don't exactly relish the whole "get on a potentially crowded bus while dripping sweat and then ride it for 20 minutes while everyone tries to avoid you" aspect of it, but it's better than blowing out a tendon, no?

So I think I'm going to try that out tomorrow. It's supposed to be 75 (wow), so that's nice. Of course, it also probably means the track will be crammed, but so would anywhere on the fourth truly nice day of the year.


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