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When Kerl LaJeune started running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 2000, he says it was still seen as an impossible task for the ‘common man’. After running the marathon for 19 years, the 51-year-old University Village resident is coaching runners this year, leaving more time to reflect on how the race has changed over the last two decades….

Stephen England has finished more than 20 marathons and 75 ultra marathons in the last few years, but his latest race is unquestionably his most unique. England had planned to run in the Boston Marathon, originally set for April 20, but it was delayed until September due to the coronavirus pandemic. But England sticks to his schedule. On Monday, the…

Track and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain’s account this week of alleged physical and emotional abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project is prompting more top athletes to come forward. Amy Yoder Begley, a 10,000-meter runner, said Friday she was told she had...

Nike will investigate accusations of abuse by Mary Cain while she was part of Alberto Salazar’s training group. The runner says it reached the point where she started having suicidal thoughts and cutting herself. Cain joined the disbanded Nike Oregon Project run by Salazar in 2013, soon after competing in the 1,500-meter final at track and field’s world championships when...

Four-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and noted U.S. marathon champion is retiring from competitive running after a 15-year career, the Massachusetts native announced Monday morning on social media. In two posts on Instagram, Flanagan explained she will be transition to a role as professional coach for the Nike Bowerman Track Club in Portland, Oregon.

Roger Bannister, 1954. Eliud Kipchoge, 2019? Like the sub-four minute mile, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible — until Saturday. But this time there’s an asterisk: Olympic champion Kipchoge performed his feat under conditions so tightly controlled to maximize his success that it won’t appear in the record books. The 34-year-old Kenyan completed the 42.195...

Brian Shrader won the 2014 U.S. 12K national championships in an American Record of 34:11, and he has repeatedly proven himself around the oval and on the road.

As the winner of the 2014 Shamrock Shuffle and as the second American across the line at the 2014 Chicago Marathon, Riley is familiar with the fast streets of Chicago and the enthusiastic fans lining them. October 13 marks a career comeback for a runner with massive potential heading into 2020.

Lindsay Flanagan, a sub 2:30 runner, hails from Roselle, Illinois so this year’s race doubles as a homecoming for her.

There’s the Bank of America Chicago Marathon route, and then there’s the Bank of America Chicago Marathon victory route.

With millions of people running and cheering at the Chicago Marathon, it can be hard to navigate. Read this to find out how to find runners after the marathon.

Cheering on a runner in this year’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon? You’re certainly not alone.

Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday.

One dedicated animal lover plans to raise money for PAWS Chicago by running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. 

A third man has been arrested and charged with drug offenses in connection with the overdose death of rapper Mac Miller. Court documents show Steven Walter is suspected of selling counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that Miller possessed before he died of an accidental overdose last year of cocaine, alcohol and the powerful opioid.

Bank of America Chicago Marathon runners can celebrate their race time with a drinkable trophy.

Volunteers are the heart of the BOA Chicago Marathon. Companies like Molex are huge supporters of the volunteer effort.