Marathon runners are training for a hotter world: ‘Our bodies don’t know pace, they know effort’
Training through miserable weather has long been a rite of passage for marathoners, but today’s...
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A local Marine will run the Chicago Marathon — then fly to Boston for another 26.2-mile race the next day to help raise funds for injured service members: ‘I want to see how much I have left in the gas tank’
On Sunday morning, Mike Mendoza will line up on Columbus Drive with 35,000 other runners...
On your mark, get set, hydrate: With temps expected much higher than normal Sunday, Chicago Marathon runners will need to be careful
After the 2020 Bank of America Chicago Marathon was canceled because of the pandemic, many...
‘I wanted to run with her just to be with her’: A couple is running their 100th marathon together in Chicago
When they met, Jim Ballard's typical running route was about three miles. But along those...
With restaurant dining rooms open, will outdoor tents and igloos be back this winter? ‘We’ll just have to see how hardy our customers are.’
Customers at Mindy Friedler's restaurants used to balk at dining outdoors when temperatures dipped below...
‘What Mad Pursuit’ book by award-winning track coach gets to the soul of why runners want to put on their soles
The teenager bounced off his seat as if he had springs on his shoes when...
Galen Rupp and Sara Hall headline the Chicago Marathon fields as the race returns in October after being canceled in 2020
Galen Rupp and Sara Hall will headline the men's and women's fields for the Bank...
Column: You didn’t ask, but here are some words to live by in the long run
Another dispatch from Somebody Nobody AskedTM, America's preeminent unsolicited advice columnist. In January 1998 I...
Reopening day: Illinois on Friday to take biggest step yet back to normalcy after more than a year of COVID-19 restrictions
On a Saturday in late March of last year, employees walked out of public libraries...
Column: Camping is not for me: A diatribe
My son wants to go camping. I, on the other hand, would rather have all...
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened June 3 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
Chicago will move up its full reopening date to coincide with Illinois' planned target of...