In 1977, Michael Bilandic, then the mayor of Chicago and an enthusiastic runner, threw his support behind putting on a race ...

Hargrove – who has already accomplished many marathons in aid of various charities – ran the race in the unusual footwear to ...

Charlton's Lucy Harmon, who starred with her family at Shepherd Hill, has worked hard to transform herself into a long ...

Williamsburg’s Erik Stauderman set a personal best time at the Oct. 13 Chicago Marathon and Emily Honeycutt set a women’s ...

At the 2024 Chicago Marathon, Curtis Hargrove hit the pavement in red heels to remind people of domestic abuse victims.

Ruth Chepng'etich absolutely dominated on the streets of Chicago on Sunday morning. Chepng'etich shattered the world record ...

Runners trekked across 29 of the city's neighborhoods Sunday morning, taking in some of the landmarks as they made toward the ...

The performance in Chicago by Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich is also significant for another reason: she’s the first woman to run a ...

Chepngetich's historic finish marks the first women's marathon time under 2 hours and 10 minutes. The previous world record ...

Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya won the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 to break the world record by nearly two minutes.