Chicago Marathon

Ana Jordan picks up her takeout order from a delivery robot at BellyBowl in Bridgeport, Oct. 8, 2026. The marathon drives business for BellyBowl. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Local businesses run their own marathon ahead of Sunday’s race

By Jane Miller

October 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Runners aren't the only ones going the distance on Sunday. For local businesses, the marathon...

Participants finish the Chicago Marathon on Columbus Avenue in Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Chicago Marathon 2026: Course map, tips for spectators and participants — and how to drive downtown (or avoid it)

By Kori Rumore

October 9, 2026 at 2:25 p.m.

The Chicago Marathon's 26.2-mile course is flat, fast and ready to welcome more than 55,000...

Kelvin Kiptum celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory, 2:00:35, with Bank of America Chicago Marathon Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski, left, in Chicago’s Grant Park on Oct. 8, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum sets a world record in the Chicago Marathon

By Kori Rumore

October 8, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 8, according...

Reid Tilston, left, who plans on running in the Chicago Marathon, is helped by Jamie Hershfang, with his purchase of Gu energy gel, at Fleet Feet Sports, at 1620 N. Wells St., in Chicago, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016.

On Chicago Marathon weekend, some businesses can’t lose

By Lauren Zumbach

June 9, 2018 at 1:41 p.m.

Running has a reputation as a low-gear, budget-friendly sport. But get enough people pounding the...

Marathoner finds new meaning pushing disabled athletes

By Maya Miller

May 12, 2019 at 1:16 p.m.

Peter Kline had run more than 20 marathons in six consecutive years -- clocking strong...

More than 37,000 runners finished the 2015 Chicago Marathon.

How to survive — and thrive — at the Chicago Marathon

By James Fell

June 9, 2018 at 2:03 p.m.

Since its debut in 1977, the Chicago Marathon has seen its number of participants grow...

The Fox Valley Marathon was Sunday in St. Charles.

Runners turn out for Fox Valley Marathon

By Linda Girardi

May 22, 2019 at 2:57 p.m.

A cancer survivor who has a child with special needs, Cindy Morris said she found...

Christy Turlington (left) and Rob Riggle are set to run the Chicago Marathon in October.

Christy Turlington, Rob Riggle to run Chicago Marathon

By Tracy Swartz

May 23, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

Supermodel-turned-activist Christy Turlington and comedian Rob Riggle are among the 45,000 athletes set to run...

Local woman crowned the Rose of Tralee

By Erin Gallagher

May 21, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

Chicago eyes are smiling since Ireland's international festival crowned Beverly native Maggie McEldowney the Rose...

Men's elite winner Dickson Chumba of Kenya crosses the finish line at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 11, 2015.

Five former champions headline Chicago Marathon field

By Shannon Ryan

June 10, 2018 at 12:24 a.m.

Kenyan runners Florence Kiplagat and Dickson Chumba will defend their Chicago Marathon titles Oct. 9...

Francois Pervis of France wins heat 3 in the men's keirin on Aug. 16, 2016.

Rio Olympics, Day 13: Planning to win gold really pays off

By Chris Sosa

June 11, 2018 at 9:08 p.m.

Just a few days remain in the games of the 31st Olympiad. We're gonna miss...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Cicero teachers who won ‘The Biggest Loser’ run first half-marathon

By Tracy Swartz

May 23, 2019 at 11:14 a.m.

Nearly six months after winning "The Biggest Loser" and its at-home prize, Cicero teachers Roberto...

How do the Rancics, ‘Chicago’s power couple,’ spend downtime? Don’t ask

By Tracy Swartz

May 23, 2019 at 11:14 a.m.

Chicago reality-stars-turned-restaurateurs Bill and Giuliana Rancic shouldn't add "Chicago travel guides" to their list of...