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May events on the Lakefront Trail

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The Active Transportation Alliance compiles a list of events happening each month along the Lakefront Trail. See what's going on in the month of May so you can better plan your walking, biking or running route.

For more information on conditions on the Lakefront Trail, check out our Lakefront Trail Twitter page.

Monday, May 1

May Day Rally

1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Grant Park

 

 

Saturday, May 6

Run to Remember 5K

8 a.m.

Gold Star Families Memorial and Park (Soldier Field)

Race Info

 

Cinco de Miler 5 Mile Run

8:30 a.m.

Lakefront between Montrose and Hollywood

Course Map

 

19th Chicago Kids and Kites Festival

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cricket Hill and adjacent areas (between Montrose and Wilson)

 

Switch on Summer

4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Fountain turns on at 6 p.m.)

Buckingham Fountain  

 

Sunday, May 7

Cooley’s Anemia Care Walk 2017

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Burnham Park

Race Info

 

Thursday, May 11

2017 March to College 5k

2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Lincoln Park

Race Info

 

Saturday, May 13

 

Wanderlust  108 Chicago

6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Grant Park

Event Info

 

Colon Cancer Alliance 2017 Chicago Undy 5k

9 a.m.

Lincoln Park South Fields

Race Info

 

Crosstown 10k

TBD

Grant Park

 

Sunday, May 14

No Child Wet Behind 5k

8 a.m.

Jackson Park

Race Info

 

2017 Komen Chicagoland Race for the Cure

9 a.m.

Montrose Harbor

Race Info

 

Tuesday, May 16

TSF Charity Run 2017

6:45 a.m.

Grant Park

Race Info

 

Thursday, May 18

Universal Sole Four Mile Classic

7 p.m.

Montrose Harbor

Race Info

 

Saturday, May 20

Girls on the Run 5k

8 a.m.

Grant Park

Race Info

 

Noble Classic 5k and Grit n Wit Competition

TBD

Burnham Park

 

HER5K

9 a.m.

Diversey Harbor

Race Info

 

2017 Greater Chicago Epilepsy 5k

10 a.m.

Montrose Harbor

Race Info

 

Night Nation Run Chicago

8 p.m.

Museum Campus

Event Info

 

Sunday, May 21

Miles for Migraine Chicago 5k

8:30 a.m.

Diversey Harbor

Race Info

 

Wednesday, May 24

Great Place to Work Conference 5k

6 a.m.

Grant Park

Event Info

 

Saturday, May 27

Soldier Field 10 Mile

7 a.m.

Soldier Field

Race Info

 

Sunday, May 28

MB Bike The Drive

5:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Lake Shore Drive from Bryn Mawr to Museum of Science and Industry
Event Info

 

This post was authored by Active Trans Advocacy Intern Kyle Ryan.

 

Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers