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Some Florida runners drop out of Chicago Marathon due to Hurricane Milton
Though tens of thousands of runners have long been preparing for the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, those planning to travel from Florida are facing a major threat from Hurricane Milton. "I’m really nervous because I grew up here and this is the first time we’re really getting a...
Make those 26.2 miles a little more exciting
Carey Pinkowski, Race Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, joins Lisa Dent to shine some light on the upcoming Chicago Marathon on October 13th. With over 50,000 runners participating and nearly as many spectators, it may be hard to keep track of your friend or family that may be in the race. Search for […]
3 men have run every Chicago Marathon since 1977. Now in their 70s, they won’t break the streak.
Randy Burt ate pepperoni pizza and drank red wine for dinner on Sept. 24, 1977. The next morning, he put on his old high school gym uniform and went to the starting line of the first Chicago Marathon. “I made it past 10 miles feeling pretty good about myself, and then, by around mile 21, that pepperoni pizza started to say hello to me,” recalled Burt, now 76. “I got stomach cramps and saw the ...
Steve Millar’s 3 takeaways from Week 6 of high school football season in Southland
We are ready to go into the home stretch of the regular season as Week 7 kicks off. Now is the time when conference championships start to get decided and playoff bids are secured or lost. Some teams — I’m looking at you, Brother Rice — helped themselves majorly in Week 6. Others are dealing with some adversity. Mount Carmel and St. Laurence both played without their starting quarterbacks and ...
Chicago Marathon 2024: Course map, tips for spectators and participants — and how to drive downtown (or avoid it)
Some of the most elite runners from around the world — and about 47,000 other committed participants — are here to run 26.2 miles as part of the Chicago Marathon. The race begins in waves starting at 7:20 a.m. Sunday in Grant Park and follows a route through 29 neighborhoods. It is a flat, fast course considered one of the world’s six major marathons. But it didn’t start out that way — nor was ...
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