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Event 2: Running Tour + Walk of The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods
Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 9:00AM
Here are all the details:
MEET: Meet at the Schneider's Passage entrance to the Centennial (600 E. Romeo Road, Romeoville) between 8:50am-9:00am on Saturday, May 4.
RUNNING ROUTE: We’ll run an easy-paced (~11:00 minute/mile), 3-mile out-and-back route.
FOR WALKERS: Folks with kids, strollers, and all ages and abilities are welcome to meet the runners by 9:00 am for the beginning of the program. You’ll take a similar route with a Read & Run Chicago volunteer at your own pace.
OPTIONAL PREPARE/PREPARE: This is a running tour and it is optional to read The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods prior to this run. You’ll be able to purchase your copy during the post-run Q&A directly from the author.
If you’d like to read the book prior to this run, we encourage you to borrow a copy from your local library branch (here's how to get a card from the Chicago Public Library if you don't have one). If you prefer to purchase the book, you will find it at Smokey Row Antiques.
POST-RUN: After the running route finishes at Isle a la Cache Museum, readers & runners can drive or carpool to Pollyanna Brewing Company - Lemont (431 Talcott Avenue – about a 10-15 minute drive), where Pat Camalliere will provide additional historical information and chat with runners. You’ll be able to purchase your copies of her books, snack on light bites, and buy Read & Run Chicago merch. One drink from Pollyanna is included in your ticket.
Q&A ONLY OPTION: If you want to socialize with other readers & runners and meet the author but are unable to join the running portion of the event, please plan to meet us directly at Pollyanna by 10:30am.
INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN: If the weather becomes unsafe to be outside we will provide an alternative event. Registered runners will be informed no later than 8am on Saturday, May 4.
All registered runners will receive reminder details two days and four hours prior to the event.
About the series:
Join Read & Run Chicago as we bring three of the books in local author Pat Camalliere's Cora Tozzi Historical Mystery Series to life this spring in partnership with Lemont Downtown. In this three-part series inspired by The Mystery at Sag Bridge, The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods, and The Mystery at Mount Forest Island, we'll explore Lemont through movement and stories.
Led by Read & Run Chicago guide Carrie Mathews, each event features a running route corresponding to real-life locations featured in one of the novels and covers historical topics like Irish immigration, Illinois’s indigenous history, and even Chicago mob history.
Readers & runners will run where the books take place, gain historical context to the stories, learn fun facts, and finish each running route with an optional post-run hangout in downtown Lemont with author Pat Camalliere. You’ll be able to enjoy lite bites, buy Read & Run Chicago merch, and purchase books. No prior reading is required for any of the events in this series, but you’ll have the chance to purchase the book during our Q&A with the author.
All ages, running levels, and abilities are welcome to join one or all of the runs in this series!
If you love Lemont history and books but are unable to join the running portion of the events, please join the group at the post-run Q&A locations (see below). We will indicate in each event’s details if alternative movement options (walking, cycling, rolling) are possible for the routes.