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Though just the tip of the running story iceberg, here are a few resources for Chicago running sites, stores, races, and clubs. Send me your race link/information and I will add it to the list.

2009 Running/Walk Races

Date	Name	City, State	Register
6/20/09	Woodstock 32nd Annual Challenge 10K, 5K & Kids Races	Woodstock, IL	Register
6/20/09	Fox River 5k 2009	Batavia, IL	Register
6/20/09	Unlimited Performance 5K Run	DeKalb, IL	Register
6/20/09	Amanda Dombrowski 5K Walk/Run 2009	Roselle, IL	Register
6/20/09	Remembering Lauren 5K Run/Walk	Villa Park, IL	Register
6/21/09	2009 Daisy Dash 5k and Kids Fun Run	Clarendon Hills, IL	Register
6/21/09	Woofin & Hoofin 5K and Doggie Dash	Glen Ellyn, IL	Register
6/21/09	Roadkill 5000	Johnsburg, IL	Register
6/21/09	Youth Make a Difference 5K Run/Walk	Glenview, IL	Register
6/21/09	Mendota Area YMCA's On The Right Track 5k Run, Walk, Relay	Mendota, IL	Register
6/24/09	Shoreline Squad Training Program	Decatur, IL	Register
6/27/09	8th Annual Raider Classic 5K/10K	Quincy, IL	Register
6/27/09	Proud to Run, 2009	Chicago, IL	Register
6/28/09	Ricky Byrdsong Memorial Race Against Hate	Evanston, IL	Register
7/4/09	Firecracker 5k Run/Walk	Warrenville, IL	Register
7/4/09	MELD JULY 4TH CLASSIC ALAN HUTCHCROFT MEMORIAL 8K RUN, 2 MILE RUN AND FUN WALK	Rockford, IL	Register
7/4/09	MELD JULY 4TH CLASSIC ALAN HUTCHCROFT MEMORIAL 8K RUN, 2 MILE RUN AND FUN WALK	Rockford, IL	Register
7/4/09	Community Bank of Elmhurst 4 on the 4th	Elmhurst, IL	Register
7/4/09	Great Western Freedom 4	St. Charles, IL	Register
7/4/09	Antioch Run For Freedom	Antioch, IL	Register
7/4/09	2009 Freedom Classic - Saturday, July 4	Mundelein, IL	Register
7/4/09	10th Annual Race for Young Life 5k	Palatine, IL	Register
7/4/09	Lincolnshire 4th of July 5K	Lincolnshire, IL	Register
7/10/09	Bastille Day 5K Run, Walk, & Block Party	Chicago, IL	Register
7/11/09	2009 Grayslake 5K Race	Grayslake, IL	Register
7/11/09	Renegade Trail Run 10k	Palatine, IL	Register
7/11/09	2009 Chicago Chinatown 5K & Youth Run	Chicago, IL	Register
7/16/09	Sundowner 5K Race 2009	Joliet, IL	Register
7/18/09	Warrior Dash	Joliet, IL	Register
7/19/09	2009 Fleet Feet Sports Women's 5K, 10K & Festival	Chicago, IL	Register
7/19/09	Run From The Cops 5K	Vernon Hills, IL	Register
7/25/09	2009 SAM'S CLUB WATERFALL GLEN XTREME 10	DARIEN, IL	Register
7/25/09	Belvidere Historic Home Fun Run/Walk benefiting the Walter Payton Cancer Fund	Belvidere, IL	Register
7/26/09	Algonquin Founders' Days 10K Run, 5K Run/Walk & 1-Mile Run	Algonquin, IL	Register
7/26/09	Elmhurst Run for Hunger	Elmhurst, IL	Register
7/29/09	2009 Viking Sunset 5K Family Night	Geneva, IL	Register
7/30/09	Race Judicata 2009	Chicago, IL	Register
8/1/09	Joshua Kurby Charge for CHARGE	Carol Stream, IL	Register
8/4/09	Progressive HALF Marathon-2009	Park Forest, IL	Register
8/6/09	2009 Elvis is Alive 5K	Chicago, IL	Register
8/8/09	WINFIELD RUN XXVI	Winfield, IL	Register
8/8/09	Blue Hawaiian 5K Run	Bensenville, IL	Register
8/8/09	XTREME Trail Run 12K	Palatine, IL	Register

Date	Name	City, State	Register
8/8/09	Mendota Community Hospital's CORNAPALOOZA 5K / 10K	Mendota, IL	Register
8/15/09	7th Annual Rally For Autism	Libertyville, IL	Register
8/16/09	Daniel P. Figgins Memorial Foundation "Healthy Hearts for Heroes" 15k and 5k Run and 2 Mile Walk	St. Charles, IL	Register
8/22/09	14th Annual Mahomet Half Marathon & 5K Run	Mahomet, IL	Register
8/22/09	5th Annual 5K Race to Grace Registration Form	Bloomingdale, IL	Register
8/29/09	VNA of Fox Valley Hospice 2009 Run/Walk to Remember	Aurora, IL	Register
8/30/09	Windrunner 10K	Wheaton, IL	Register
9/5/09	Sunset 5K Run/2 Mile Walk 2009	Lake in the Hills, IL	Register
9/6/09	Foot Mechanics Half Madness 13.1 2009	Batavia, IL	Register
9/6/09	Erin E. Olmsted Memorial 5K Run/Walk	Orland Park, IL	Register
9/7/09	Oak Brook Half-Marathon	Oak Brook, IL	Register
9/7/09	St. Petronille 10th Annual 5K Run/Walk	Glen Ellyn, IL	Register
9/7/09	2009 Park Forest Scenic 5 Mile and more...	Park Forest, IL	Register
9/12/09	6th Annual Walter Payton 16,726 Yard Run	Arlington Heights, IL	Register
9/12/09	Shorewood Scoot 2009	Shorewood, IL	Register
9/13/09	13th Annual Crystal Lake "Remembrance" 1/2 Marathon	Crystal Lake, IL	Register
9/13/09	2009 Run for DayOne	St. Charles, IL	Register
9/19/09	Goodenow Grove's Fall Fest 5K Trail Run/Walk	Beecher, IL	Register
9/19/09	Fall Festival 5K Run/Family Walk	Wheaton, IL	Register
9/19/09	2009 N.E.W. 200 FUN RUN	Wheaton, IL	Register
9/20/09	Alpine Races 31st Annual Half-Marathon and 5k	Lake Zurich, IL	Register
9/20/09	Shoreline Classic 5K and 15K Road Race	Decatur, IL	Register
9/26/09	Midtown 5K Run & Walk	Palatine, IL	Register
9/26/09	Saint Xavier University Cougar 5k Run/Walk - 9th Annual	Chicago, IL	Register
9/27/09	Run to Read 2009	Schaumburg, IL	Register
9/27/09	Edward Plainfield presents Plainfield Harvest 5K Run/Walk and Kidz 2K	Plainfield, IL	Register
10/3/09	2009 RUN FOR THE MIND	Wheaton, IL	Register
10/3/09	Paul's Run for Epilepsy	Prospect Heights, IL	Register
10/17/09	2009 Pumpkins in the Park 5K	Chicago, IL	Register
10/18/09	Pumpkin Stampede	Crystal Lake, IL	Register
10/25/09	Trick or Treat Trot presented by Fleet Feet Sports	Chicago, IL	Register
10/25/09	Gargoyle Gallop 8k 2009	Chicago, IL	Register
10/31/09	Chicago Lakefront 50/50	Chicago, IL	Register
11/7/09	Cantigny 5K Run/Walk 2009 - November 7, 2009 - 9:00 AM	Wheaton, IL	Register
11/15/09	Red Eye 8K 2009	Joliet, IL	Register
11/21/09	Waterman Lions Gobbler Gallop	Waterman, IL	Register
11/22/09	Pilgrim Pacer 5-K Run/Walk presented by the Rotary Club of La Grange	La Grange, IL	Register
11/26/09	Tall Trees Turkey Trot	Glenview, IL	Register
11/26/09	Turkey Trot 8K Run/Walk & Plymouth Rock Ramble presented by Fleet Feet Sports	Chicago, IL	Register
12/13/09	Rudolph Ramble 8K Walk/Run presented by Fleet Feet Sports	Chicago, IL	Register
12/31/09	Illinois Runs 2008 10 Mile Training Program	Chicago, IL	Register
12/31/09	Association of Running Event Directors - Membership	Skokie, IL	Register
12/31/09	New 212 Conditioning Classes	Wilmette, IL	Register
1/1/2010	Universal Sole's She's Got Sole 8k Training Program	Chicago, IL	Register
3/12/2010	2009 Evanston Running Club Race Attendance Notification Form	Evanston, IL	Register
4/17/2010	Take a Step for Kids	Libertyville, IL	Register
4/24/2010	St. John's 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Fun Run	Lombard, IL	Register
8/4/2010	Progressive HALF Marathon-2009	Park Forest, IL	Register

Other Races

9/12/09
5.6 Mile Freedom Run and Walk
Metra Train Station (NW Lines), Barrington, IL 60010
Chicagoland's Most Inspirational Running Event!
Second annual event • Inspirationally themed aid stations & mile markers • Beautiful, shaded, rolling hills course • Race start includes running through a tunnel of uniformed service personnel • Unique finishers coin provided to finishers by veteran who has served protecting our freedoms • Simultaneously run by service men and women at Guantanamo Bay and Saudi Arabia • AND…. The BEST post race celebration in the burbs!

September 12, 2009
Chicago 5K Lung Run
Cannon Dr., South of Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614
On September 12th, more than 1,500 runners, lung cancer survivors, and representatives of leading Chicago hospitals will
participate in the 5th Annual Chicago 5K Lung Run -- a run, walk, and rally on the city’s beautiful lakefront.

Sunday, September 20, 2009
Lung Walk - Oakbrook
2815 Jorie Blvd. Oak Brook, IL 60532
Help the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air at the 2009 Chicagoland Lung Walk. Invite your friends, family and co-workers to join your team and together, raise funds to support the important programs an services offered by the American Lung Association to help those who are literally Fighting for Air! Over 35 million Americans are struggling with some form of lung disease. Make a difference this year and register to walk. Oak Brook Lung Walk – Sunday, September 20, 2009 at McDonald’s Hamburger University. Register today at www.lungwalk.org or call 312.781.1100.

Sunday, September 27, 2009
Lung Walk - Chicago
Grant Park, 337 E. Randolph St., CHicgao, IL 60601
Help the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air at the 2009 Chicagoland Lung Walk. Invite your friends, family and co-workers to join your team and together, raise funds to support the important programs an services offered by the American Lung Association to help those who are literally Fighting for Air! Over 35 million Americans are struggling with some form of lung disease. Make a difference this year and register to walk. Chicago Lung Walk – Sunday, September 27, 2009 at Grant Park Lower Hutchinson Field. Register today at www.lungwalk.org or call 312.781.1100.

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2009 Bike Rides/Races

June 12-14
Bike MS 2009: Tour de Farms
Northern Illinois University 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy. DeKalb, IL 60115-2825
phone: 800-344-4867, email: elle.ullum@ild.nmss.org
A two-day bike ride through the beautiful farmland of rural Illinois. Ride anywhere from 35 to 175 miles and raise money to benefit people living with MS in Illinois. Join the movement to create a world free of MS.

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Chicago Running Sites

Chicago Runner at www.chicagorunner.com
Chicago Amateur Athlete at www.chicagoaa.com
Chicago Area Runners Association at www.cararuns.org/