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.

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>

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...

Bremen dean of students and former football standout David Curtin is an ultramarathon veteran.

Baranek: Bremen’s David Curtin goes the distance, and then some

By Tony Baranek

June 11, 2018 at 9:20 p.m.

Imagine running 100 miles with only a few stops for a few minutes. OK, you...

Mike Morgan, center, and Like Humphrey discuss marathon pacing with runners recently at the Aftermath Cider and Winery in Valparaiso.

Valpo runners espouse long distance technique

By Michael Gonzalez

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 a.m.

Heather Henderlong ran 16 marathons, including a disappointing effort at the Chicago Marathon in 2011,...

‘The hotter, the better.’ Heat wave has at least one early fan

By Alexandra Chachkevitch

May 22, 2019 at 10:13 p.m.

As the sun rose Thursday, a handful of joggers shuffled along North Avenue Beach. One...

Mark Rouse, owner of Runners High 'n Tri in downtown Arlington Heights.

Shout Out: Mark Rouse, downtown Arlington Heights business owner

By Karen Ann Cullotta

May 8, 2019 at 2:48 p.m.

After 26 years at the helm of Runners High 'n Tri in downtown Arlington Heights,...

Tinley Park man competes in road races while pushing wife in wheelchair

By Erin Gallagher

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

Though her speech remains slow, noticeably impaired, and she requires 24-hour care, including assistance in...

Former Sandburg cross country runners Dan Laskero, left, and Brady Walter, right, met with Boston Marathon bombing survivors, from top left, Lee Ann Yanni, Nick Yanni and Dave Fortier Saturday in Orland Park.

Baranek: Boston Marathon tragedy still bringing inspiring stories

By Tony Baranek

June 10, 2018 at 1:13 p.m.

Brady Walter has moved on. He isn't haunted by memories. But he'll never forget the...

Chuck Aron, 70, of Chicago, completes his 23rd race this year at the Run with a Nun fundraiser Sunday at St. Francis of Christ the King of Mount Assisi convent in Lemont.

Run with a Nun benefits sisters at Lemont convent

By Nick Swedberg

May 21, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

Two years ago, the sisters at St. Francis of Christ the King of Mount Assisi...

Aurora University professor reflects on Boston Marathon

By David Sharos

May 10, 2019 at 7:16 a.m.

Running the Boston Marathon was on the bucket list of Aurora University Spanish professor Denise...

Lemi Berhanu Hayle celebrates after winning the 120th Boston Marathon on April 18, 2016.

Boston Marathon: Ethiopians Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa win

By Associated Press

May 22, 2019 at 7:27 a.m.

Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia has won the Boston Marathon in an unofficial time of...