Evanston Running Club
City-wide · Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun · 8:00–10:00+ /mi
Confirmed from the club's own page. Last checked by hand on September 18, 2026.
Runs almost every day of the week in three pace groups — sub-8:00, 8:30 to 9:30, and 10:00-plus — from pre-dawn lakefront runs to the Saturday Morning Lakefront Run at Lighthouse Beach, plus summer and winter track series and an 0-to-5K program. Guests welcome with a waiver.
Weekly schedule
- Mon6:15 AMJames Park, Levy Center parking lot (Robert Crown Center in bad weather)
- Tue5:30 AMGreenleaf St & the lakefront, southeast Evanston
- Wed6:15 AMEvanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd — morning intervals (April on)
- Wed6:30 PMETHS track — track intervals (April on)
- Thu5:30 AMGreenleaf St & the lakefront, southeast Evanston
- Sat7:15 AMLighthouse Beach, Sheridan Rd & Central St — the SMLR (second start 8:15 AM)
- Sun7:30 AMArrington Lagoon picnic shelter — timed 40-minute run
- Meeting spot
- Lighthouse Beach, Sheridan Rd & Central St (Saturday); weekday starts vary by runGet directions
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