Chicago Marathon

Heidi Stevens: 5 final lessons from the Chicago Marathon, now that it’s in the rearview mirror

By Heidi Stevens

October 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

When Heidi Stevens committed to running the Chicago Marathon this year, she also committed to...

Runners cross the LaSalle Street Bridge as spectators cheer on Oct. 11, 2026, during the Chicago Marathon. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago Marathon spectators cheer for charity, culture and support for the running community

By Finnegan Belleau

October 11, 2026 at 7:11 p.m.

The sidelines of this year’s Chicago Marathon featured cutouts of Pope Leo XIV and tributes...

Runners fill North Lasalle Street on Oct. 11, 2026, during the Chicago Marathon. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Photos: 2026 Chicago Marathon

By Arthur Maiorella

October 11, 2026 at 2:55 p.m.

Photos from the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 11, 2026.

Pedestrians, bikers and runners often comingle along the Lakefront Trail, like here around the Oak Street Beach curve, sometimes with disasterous results.

Creating separate bike, pedestrian lakefront paths may be tricky in spots

By Mary Wisniewski

May 23, 2019 at 4:18 a.m.

It won't be as tough as reversing the flow of the Chicago River, or raising...

John Becklenberg of Dyer holds a photo of his late wife Mary Ann, who died Sept. 20 after the couple's 11-year endeavor with Alzheimer's disease.

Christmas memories: ‘Tragic yet beautiful’

By Jerry Davich

June 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

"Memories light the corners of my mind. Misty water-colored memories... of the way we were."...

Shopping at Target to support LGBTQ rights? Go a step further

By Heidi Stevens

May 16, 2019 at 3:48 a.m.

I'm all for LGBTQ rights, and I'm all for spending copious amounts of money at...

Candidates campaign high, low looking for votes weekend before Election Day

By Katherine Skiba

May 15, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

Politicians spent Sunday campaigning from the heights of Willis Tower to the streets of southern...

Guest service ambassadors walk between seats before the Chicago Cubs play the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 of the World Series.

Days off canceled for cops as police prepare for World Series crowds

By Jeremy Gorner

May 22, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

The Chicago Police Department has canceled days off for the vast majority of its 12,000...

Runners receive a cool water spray as they participate in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.

Do the math: Our big problem with numbers

By Mark Iris

May 11, 2019 at 3:48 a.m.

No, I'm not talking about how to perform mathematical operations — although that too is...

Queen bee syndrome? ‘In the Company of Women’ debunks myth

By Heidi Stevens

May 16, 2019 at 3:47 a.m.

There's a pernicious and pervasive myth that women cling tightly to their success, shielding the...

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>

Christy Turlington, Rob Riggle finish Chicago Marathon

By Tracy Swartz

May 23, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Supermodel-turned-activist Christy Turlington said her "old legs didn't hold me back" as she logged a...

Secret Service personnel keep watch on the rooftop of McCormick Place as Marine One lands in the Soldier Field parking lot on Oct. 7, 2016. President Barack Obama visited Chicago on Friday to attend a fundraiser luncheon for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Obama calls Trump ‘insecure’ over remarks the president won’t repeat

By Kim Geiger

August 21, 2019 at 8:27 p.m.

President Barack Obama on Sunday waded into the firestorm over newly surfaced remarks made by...

2016 Chicago Marathon results

By baiduhai

May 12, 2019 at 1:17 p.m.

The top times for the 2016 Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 9. Men's top 5...