'Tis the season for family, and so we bring you a delayed blog post (the delay is entirely the fault of we co-leaders) from one of our members, Cait Hakala:
Chicago Marathon Weekend Information Station (CHI)
It’s Chicago Marathon week, aka the best week in Chicago. Time for our city to shine. We’ve rounded up all the events going down into one handy-dandy place.
Note: if any of these event links don’t work, please join our social page and that should resolve the issue. If you are just looking for the race spreadsheet, it can be found here.
New Wednesday, Who Dis? (CHI)
Wisconsin Notes: We’re going to rotate Wednesday locations quarterly. As of September we’ll be on the 606. For those of you who want to know the reasoning behind the switch, read on.
Two of the topics we discussed in depth at the Meeting of the Minds was inclusivity and diversity. Each city needs to take those lessons back home, and we as co-leaders need to determine which ways we can (and should) encourage and foster inclusivity and diversity in our own communities. We believe that exploring neighborhoods for a longer period of time is one way to promote these ideas. The 606 unites Wicker Park, Bucktown, and Humboldt Park. By working out on the 606 we hope to connect with the populations of these neighborhoods. And by working out in the same location for three months, we hope to recruit more members. One week someone from Humboldt Park sees us on her morning commute–running ramp repeats, alligator walking, high fiving each other–having fun at 6:30am…the next week maybe she stops and asks what we’re doing, who we are…and the third week she joins us. Wouldn’t it be terrible if the week after you join us we moved away!? Exactly. So we’re going to stay and cultivate some new relationships in new neighborhoods. Let’s recruit everybody who wants to be a part of this community.
Meeting of the Minds Recap (CHI)
If we could summarize our first ever Meeting of the Minds in one word, it would be influential.
Leaders Amongst Leaders (CHI)
You may have noticed some changes recently--the average height of the leadership has definitely increased.