The 25th Anniversary of the Chicago Marathon was simply unforgettable – a beautiful day with a record number of finishers, nearly a million spectators, a new women’s World Record and the crowning of Chicago’s first four-time male winner.

2021年8月9日 · ”He was thrown up in the air and came down on the car. His crew thought he might be dead,” said Sharon Mier of the Chicago Area Runners Association.

Sensing an advocacy void in the running community and outraged by the Chicago Marathon’s proposed noon start*, Bill Robinson, Sharon Mier, Erma Tranter and Noel Nequin gathered on Mier’s front porch and formed the Chicago Area Runner’s Association (CARA).

Running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon is the pinnacle of achievement for elite athletes and everyday runners alike. On race day, runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries will set out to accomplish a personal dream by reaching the finish line in Grant Park.

2009年10月9日 · Over 4,200 runners turned out for the first Mayor Daley Marathon, making it the largest marathon in the world. Cloeter, from Indiana, and Doolittle, from Texas, battled the crowds to become Chicago’s first winners in a race that 2,128 actually finished.

2017年10月6日 · La primera edición del Bank of America Chicago Marathon se realizó el 25 de Septiembre de 1977, con disparo de salida a las ocho de la mañana. Wayne Goeldner, Wendell Miller, Bill Robinson, Sharon Mier y el Dr. Noel Nequin , fueron los fundadores que dieron origen a la emblemática carrera.

Those present included Wayne Goeldner, physical education director of the Hyde Park YMCA; Wendell “Wendy” Miller, a partner in a financial advising firm and founder of Midwest Masters Running Club; Bill Robinson, Executive Director of Friends of Parks; Sharon Mier, Director of Women’s Sports at the Loop Center YMCA; and Dr. Noel Nequin ...

2023年10月8日 · Key founders included financial advisor Wendell “Wendy” Miller, who’d become the first race director, and Sharon Mier, director of women’s sports at the Loop Center YMCA.

I recall in the late ’70s some kids as young as five running marathons. I think one of the kids ran the Chicago Marathon. What do your experts think about kids under 18 running marathons? Answers from our experts appear in our September/October issue… Features

2007年10月8日 · In your hands is the name of every runner who recorded a time in the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon–whether they completed the race or not.