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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.

Submit your race here.

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.

Submit your race.

Chicago Running Sites

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

Chicago Running Store

Runner's High - Arlington Heights
Universal Sole - 3254 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago

Local Races

CASA "Put Your Foot Down!" 5K Run and Family Walk
Lakeshore Marathon
LaSalle Banks Chicago Marathon
LaSalle Bank Shamrock Shuffle 8K
Chicago Lakefront 50k
Chicago Half Marathon
Race That's Good For Life
Lakefront 10
Resolution Run
Rock 'N' Sole Trail Challenge
Mizuno Cross Country Series


Local Running Clubs

The Edgewater Running and Bicyle Club
info@EdgewaterRunningClub.org
Fox River Trail Runners
Illinois Valley Striders
Kankakee River Running Club
 
Lake Zurich Alpine Runners
Lincoln Park Pacers Running Club
Oak Park Runner's Club
Starved Rock Runners, Ltd
LaSalle/Peru-815-795-3936, email: info@starvedrockrunners.org
Our purpose is to promote physical fitness, health and fellowship through distance running and to educate the public as to its benefits.


Universal Sole Track Club

National Running Sites

Cool Running
HalHigdon.com

Road Runners Club of America
Runners World
WaddleOn.com
The Internet guide to becoming an athlete....for new and renewed athletes of all shapes, sizes, and speeds.

Other Niche Running Sites

www.womens-running.com 
www.highschoolrunner.com
www.newrunner.com 
www.kidsrunning.com
www.nationalmastersnews.com

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