>>>>Well, we have Mount Trashmore a few miles away.
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>>>Really?! There is one of those in Evanston, IL, as well. And it is indeed used for sledding in the winter.
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>>Sledding on garbage? Crazy.
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>You would never know you were on garbage if you didn't know the story behind it (possibly bogus). It looks like any other hill. Green grass, no stench. Whatever garbage is in there is well buried if not completely decomposed.
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>Here in Illinois we take our hills where we can find them.
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>FoxFolk trivia: when I was running marathons Whil Hentzen gave me a lot of great advice, gratis. Among that advice was to run hills at least once a week. The first year I ran the marathon, leaving nothing to chance, I went to Mt. Trashmore once a week, Thursdays, and ran it until I was close to puking. I played sports throughout my youth and never sweated or tested my endurance like that. It must have helped because I finished the race in decent time and then did it again the next three years.
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>If anyone here is interested in running a marathon, you could do far worse than asking Whil for advice. His PR in the marathon is something like 2:50, which is really, really good.


I've got great advice for anyone wanting to run in a marathon. Sit down and wait until the urge passes. The guy who wrote the book on jogging died from it! Have you ever been driving down the road and seen a jogger who was smiling? That should tell you something.