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

Hargrove ran his first marathon at age 15 and has since accomplished feats like running 34 marathons in 34 days throughout ...

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

Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon. was one for the history books as Ruth Chepngetich, of Kenya, set an unofficial ...

Cancer survivor Batbayar Tserendorj also ran the 2023 Chicago Marathon after delaying his liver transplant surgery, and ...

The blue line appears throughout the marathon's 26.2-mile course, denoting the "most direct, fastest way" to the finish line, ...

It’s marathon weekend in Chicago and here is how to watch some 47,000 runners from around the world participate. The race begins in waves starting at 7:20 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 13 in Grant Park and ...

Photos from the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13, 2024. Barry Jeong high-fives a Chicago Marathon participant in Chinatown on Oct. 13, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) Participants run through ...

Hargrove learned that someone from the U.K. had already set the record at 5 hours and 13 minutes. Determined to try again, ...

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

Runners make their way under the "L" on LaSalle Street in the first miles of the Chicago Marathon through the Loop.