Chicago Marathon

Marathon runners are training for a hotter world: ‘Our bodies don’t know pace, they know effort’

August 23, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Training through miserable weather has long been a rite of passage for marathoners, but today’s...

July 15, 2020 at 12:23 p.m.

For the second time in its history, the Chicago Marathon has been canceled before runners...

July 13, 2020 at 6:10 p.m.

With no COVID-19 vaccine or surefire treatment in sight, the Chicago Marathon has been canceled...

July 13, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

Just as we were typing, "What about the Chicago Marathon?" for an editorial on COVID-19...

July 14, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

For the second time in its history, the Chicago Marathon has been canceled before runners...

June 26, 2020 at 9:57 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday he is not currently considering asking visitors to Illinois from...

June 24, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

As another major fall marathon announced its cancellation Wednesday, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon...

June 7, 2020 at 2:45 p.m.

Many Chicago-area distance runners are training for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which is...

April 13, 2020 at 10:24 a.m.

Wes Judd, an ultramarathoner, trained throughout Chicago's harsh winter for a 50-mile race in California...

November 4, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

The Community Christian Church in Lincolnshire held its first ever Community 5K Walk/Run Saturday. Between...

November 6, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

Martha Engelke ran the Chicago Marathon three times between 1996 and 2001, but in 2003...