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Cricket Mtn Repeats

Cricket Hill · Montrose Beach

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Chicago Mountain RunnersTM is a running community for finding elevation, running it repeatedly and occasionally questioning our sanity decisions.

2026 club totals.

Vertical climbed
132K ft
Total miles
2.5K
Runners on the hills
2
Number of runs
240

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  1. Cricket Mtn Repeats

    Cricket Hill · Montrose Beach

    Laps up and down Cricket Hill by the lake, at whatever effort feels right. Do a few reps or stay the whole morning. Every pace is welcome and nobody's keeping score. Exact workout to be confirmed.

    Hill repeats · ~2 hrs

  2. Horner Hell Repeats

    Horner Park

    A shorter midweek session on Horner Park's hill. Climb at your own pace, take the downhills easy, and be done in about an hour. Despite the name, beginners are welcome. Workout details to be confirmed.

    Hill repeats · ~60 min

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Get high in the city.

You don't need mountains to train for mountains. These are the hills, sledding slopes and questionable pieces of landfill elevation we run repeatedly around Chicago.

Explore all hills

Summit ≈ 670 ft

Total rise

≈ 60 ft

Mt. Trashmore: shape and figures from USGS 3DEP elevation data, approximate. Vertical scale exaggerated.
  1. 01

    Cricket Hill

    Montrose Beach · Uptown

  2. 02

    Warren Hill

    Warren Park · West Ridge

  3. 03

    Horner Hill

    Horner Park · Irving Park

  4. 04

    Schiller Hill

    Schiller Woods

  5. 05

    Mt. Trashmore

    Robert E. James Park · Evanston

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