A half-marathoner, Tran, 24, ran at York Community High School in Elmhurst and at Kenyon College. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)Įlise Tran, of Armour Square, cheered on runners as they made their way down North Avenue. Women dressed in "we are here to cheer" stand and cheer the thousands of runners as they cross over the La Salle Street bridge as they take part in the Chicago Marathon on Oct. Therese Chinese Catholic School performed lion dances, a traditional Chinese dance. In Chinatown - just a few miles from the finish line in Grant Park - students from St. It’s just being back to what Chicago does best, which is an amazing sense of community.” “It’s the community that we’re missing when we were all kind of alone in our bubbles at home. “It’s thrilling it’s absolutely amazing,” Cook said of the marathon’s return to Chicago. I’d never seen that before,” she said.ĭana Michelle Cook, a veteran Chicago Marathoner who lives in Southport, had multiple friends running in Sunday’s marathon. “We walked along the Riverwalk, and that was beautiful. The family was enjoying their weekend visit to Chicago, Bloomer said. Casey and Jim Bloomer traveled from New Hampshire to watch their son, Conor, a second-year student at Carle Illinois College of Medicine, run in the marathon.
Doreen Lew, of Vernon Hills, cheered on her son, Justin, and his fiancee, Elizabeth Flores.
Natalie and Areli Garcia, both in their 20s, were rooting on their brother, Israel, and his girlfriend. People cheer for runners passing through the Pilsen neighborhood during the Chicago Marathon on Oct.
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