Local nature experts weigh in on the best Chicagoland trails to explore this winter.

Read & Run Chicago’s February 2023 reader(s) and runner(s) of the month are an inspiring example of maintaining a love of friendship and fitness.

Explore the sights, sounds, and memories of 1990s Ukrainian Village & Wicker Park on this 3-mile self-guided route inspired by Joe Meno’s Office Girl.

Here are the books that inspired our events in 2022.

Read & Run Chicago guide Chelsey Grassfield is also policy advocate for a Chicago River-focused nonprofit. We asked her what’s so great about the Chicago River in this Q&A.

Bring to life this fascinating historical account of the way young girls experienced the Great Migration in Chicago on a ~5-mile point-to-point run in Bronzeville.

Read & Run Chicago Guide Chelsey Grassfield interviews author Naomi Hirahara for the running tour inspired by Clark and Division.

Between August 2021-August 2022, readers & runners explored ten Chicago neighborhoods inspired by Belt Publishing’s anthology, The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook.

Read & Run Chicago partnered with OOEW-Chicago to host a series of runs built by the stories of where Chicagoans felt the most at home.

Here are the books that inspired our events in 2021.