Most of my running this year has been indoors on the dreaded treadmill. Other than while down in Florida, I have completed just 3 outdoor runs in Chicago. The first was at the inaugural Mikkeller Running Club event put on by Xaarlin. Next was the Cupid Dash at Fleet Feet where I got a green safety light to signal my singleness. Finally I hit the lakefront today in spite of a windchill of 2 and fresh snow. I wore my trail shoes, bundled up, and had a bit of fun with it. I brought my GoPro and snapped a few pictures before it got too dark to get decent pictures.
As for the wandering thoughts that need a little traction? I'm debating moving. My neighbors are frat brah wannabes who party and smoke weed all the time and it's interfering with my sleep. I also face a busy street. While I love my neighborhood and how close I am to everything, I'm beginning to turn into the crotchety old man yelling at everyone to get off his lawn. I've also bounced around the idea of buying somewhere, but don't know where I'd want to settle down. There is also the problem of down payment. While I'm very successful now, I had a rough patch a few years back to wipe out my savings. The neighbors are supposedly moving at the end of the month. If not, my lease is up May 1st.
This weather has been awful for doing anything outside. I can't believe that I was training outside in this kind of weather last year!
ReplyDeleteHaving just had to get out of a mortgage myself, my advice is to not buy until you're absolutely sure that's where you want to be for a really long time. It's a pain and it's expensive if you change your mind. And honestly, owning in the city isn't really any cheaper than renting (in some cases, it's more expensive!) so I don't know how worthwhile it is. I hope you find someplace quiet soon though - loud and smelly neighbors are the worst (not wurst)!
Yeah, I definitely don't want to dive into things. I'm still debating if buying is even worth it.
DeleteIf you're interested in moving to a completely different part of the city, consider University Commons in University Village! We really like it here. It's a group of 6 buildings that are converted warehouses, so you cannot hear your neighbors at all. Seriously, I had no idea for months that a newborn baby lived next door. Plus we're in a condo building (we rent), so everyone who lives here is either a condo owner, or someone vetted by a condo owner, so I feel like there is a higher standard of who lives here in terms of being considerate to neighbors. (Or maybe it just seems that way because we cannot hear them.) Also, there is a fitness center in our building, and parking in the basement, which is awesome this time of year. We really like the neighborhood too. It certainly isn't the same as Lakeview in terms of every single thing you can think of is readily available x10, but you can find whatever you need or like, plus the traffic is far easier to deal with. The LFT is two miles away though. But if you want to know more, let me know, I'm always seeing flyers posted for people renting their units.
ReplyDeleteI was looking at your old neighborhood. My search has been north side along red and brown lines. Nearly all my friends are on north side.
DeleteIt was a blast running on the LFT yesterday! I had snow and ice hanging off of my face.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah,totally had a blast. My legs still hate me for running the ice field between north and oak though. Used a few more muscles than I normally do.
DeleteI live in an old people subdivision in the suburbs, and it's the best thing ever! The only thing that wakes you up is the ambulance, when one of the neighbors kicks the bucket.
ReplyDeleteI feel like if I moved to the suburbs I would be a hermit since I know practically no one out there.
DeleteI live in an old people subdivision in the suburbs, and it's the best thing ever! The only thing that wakes you up is the ambulance, when one of the neighbors kicks the bucket.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are back to blogging! This weather sucks. I've been complaining about it but I know I will probably complain about it more in the summer. Good luck on the move.
ReplyDeleteOk so I'm so surprised you've only run outside a handful of times!! I'm happy MRC got you outside :) it definitely broke up my gym running too. And DAYUM on your daily avg mileage!
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