Ultra people around Chicago

This is the only ultra group I'm familiar with:

http://chicagoultrarunners.blogspot.com/

I did all my ultra training with a friend who was doing Boston this year. Oh and I went and did the `Last Chance for Boston Marathon' in Columbus, Ohio, because it's a one-mile loop course that you run 26 times. I just added a few loops to get in the distance. I have found that ultramarathoners are either really really fast or really really slow and I'm in the middle. Plus I just dont like running with others (except Kelly, of course) for the msot part so take that with a grain of salt.

Loner because I can't find other people who run as far and as slow as me. Palos Park forest preserve is great. There is a nice 9.5-10 mile loop trail that starts at the "stairs". Also around the South end of Wolf Road off of Archer are some nice trails. Best hills around.

While a bit of a ways out there, there is this group: McHenry Ultrarunning Dudes and Dudettes. (Muddrunner.com)

http://www.muddrunner.com/

This is a great group of folks...I can personally attest to.

By the way, it's not "a bit of a ways out there" for everyone....because it's only a few miles away for me and several others of us here.