LOGAN SQUARE — A new group centered on LGBTQ+ and transgender athletes is uniting runners, walkers and even occasional swimmers.

On a recent warm Wednesday outside Park and Field, 3509 W. Fullerton Ave. in Logan Square, organizers for a club called Out There split members into three groups: 1-mile walkers, 1-mile runners and 3-mile runners. Early finishers outside the bar’s patio entrance formed a cheer tunnel for the longer-distance runners before grabbing a drink or a bite to eat.

Out There describes itself as a “queer and trans led weekly social run and walk.” The group meets Wednesdays for a free run/walk by Park and Field, and also schedules Thursday lakefront excursions near the Montrose Bird Sanctuary for 1- and 3- mile runs, followed by an optional lake dip. The group says it wel

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