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.

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

Runners, spectators converge in Chicago for marathon

By Tony Briscoe

June 9, 2018 at 12:22 p.m.

At 40 years old and looking forward to the birth of a granddaughter, Tom O'Day...

Chicago Marathon: Tatyana McFadden wins for sixth straight time

By Maya Miller

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

Tatyana McFadden won her sixth-straight Bank of America Chicago Marathon and seventh overall in the...

Chicago Marathon: Florence Kiplagat caps off 1-2-3 podium sweep for Kenya

By Maya Miller

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

Florence Kiplagat was omitted from Kenya's 2016 Olympic team this summer, so she wanted send...

Chicago Marathon: Patience pays off for Kenyan Abel Kirui

By Shannon Ryan

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

Abel Kirui had been in this position before, anticipation telling him to turn his engines...

Chicago Marathon 2016: Live coverage

By baiduhai

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

Join us Sunday, Oct. 9, for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Get updates, tweets,...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth wheels down LaSalle Street in the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 9, 2016.

2016 Chicago Marathon

By baiduhai

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

Runners participate in the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct, 9, 2016. Over...

Running in their place: Marathoners honor loved ones lost

By Shannon Ryan

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

Sunday was to be the first marathon Courtney and Dale Shillington ran together. The athletic...

Dickson Chumba of Kenya checks his watch after crossing the finish line in first place at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015.

Chicago marathon: Who to watch in the men’s race

By Shannon Ryan

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

Dickson Chumba, Kenya. Chumba toes the line as the defending Bank of America Chicago Marathon...

Florence Kiplagat crosses the finish line at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015.

Chicago Marathon: Four women to watch in Sunday’s race

By Maya Miller

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

Florence Kiplagat, Kenya. Kiplagat will be vying to defend her title in this year's women's...

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>

Comedian Rob Riggle hopes to finish Chicago Marathon despite injury

By Tracy Swartz

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

Actor/comedian Rob Riggle may give his greatest performance yet Sunday at the Bank of America...