Thursday run clubs
in Chicago Metropolitan.
16 Thursday run clubs meet in Chicago Metropolitan.
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16 clubs in Thursday · Chicago Metropolitan
Chicago · Logan Square · Tue, Thu, Sat · 6:30 PM
3RUN2
Next run · Tue, Oct 27 · 6:30 PM
The crew that pioneered the community running model in Logan Square. Tuesdays run 5k/4mi/8k out of University Village, Thursdays 4mi/10k from Logan Square, and Saturdays move with the season — lakefront during marathon training, Bang Bang Pie the rest of the year.
🤝 Community First🌙 Night Runners⚡ PR ChasersRoadTrailChicago · Bucktown · Tue, Thu
606 Athletic Club
Next run · Tue, Oct 27 · 6:30 PM
A neighborhood athletic collective — running and yoga year-round, biking when it is warm — doing a social three miles through Bucktown and Wicker Park twice a week and ending every one of them at a bar.
🌙 Night Runners🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OKRoadTrailBeginner friendlyChicago · Austin · Thu · 5:30 PM
Austin Run Crew
Next run · Thu, Oct 29 · 5:30 PM
A free CARA crew on the West Side, alternating between two three-mile routes through Austin. Walkers are as welcome as runners.
🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OKRoadWalker friendlyNo-dropChicago · West Town · Sun, Tue, Thu
Blue Line Run Club
Next run · Tue, Oct 27 · 6:00 PM
Three runs a week along the West Town corridor — a Sunday-morning 5K from Prequel Cafe, a Tuesday-evening four-miler from Eckhart Park, and an early Thursday four from Dark Matter Coffee. Its published domain is dead; the Linktree is the live source.
🌅 Early Birds🌙 Night Runners🤝 Community FirstRoadHammond · Wolf Lake · Thu · 6:30 PM
Calumet Region Striders
Next run · Thu, Oct 29 · 6:30 PM
Northwest Indiana’s longest-running club, an RRCA 501(c)(3) founded in 1978. The Thursday-evening group run leaves Wolf Lake Pavilion and welcomes every experience level; the club also staffs a Chicago Marathon water stop.
🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OKRoadTrailBeginner friendlyElmhurst · City-wide · Thu, Sat · 5:00 AM
Elmhurst Running Club
Next run · Thu, Oct 29 · 5:00 AM
Founded in 1997 around a shared love of the Prairie Path and now 920-plus members strong, drawing from Elmhurst, Addison, Villa Park, Oak Park and Bensenville. A 5am Thursday track session and a 6am Saturday long run.
🌅 Early Birds🤝 Community First🌿 TrailRoadTrailEvanston · City-wide · Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun
Evanston Running Club
Next run · Tue, Oct 27 · 5:30 AM
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.
🤝 Community First⚡ PR Chasers👟 Beginner OK🌅 Early BirdsRoadTrailBeginner friendlyNo-dropElmhurst · City-wide · Thu · 6:00 PM
Fleet Feet Elmhurst
Next run · Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PM
A free Thursday-evening store run, all paces welcome, plus seasonal training programs.
🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OKRoadTrailBeginner friendlyChicago · Old Town · Mon, Thu · 6:00 PM
Fleet Feet Old Town
Next run · Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PM
Twice-weekly evening store runs out of Old Town, free and open to all paces.
🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OKRoadBeginner friendlyGlen Ellyn · City-wide · Tue, Thu, Sun · 6:00 PM
Glen Ellyn Runners
Next run · Tue, Oct 27 · 6:00 PM
Founded in 1999 and now 250-plus runners of every age and ability — Tuesday speed work with coaches, a Thursday mid-week long run, and Sunday training runs plus an 8am fun run/walk. Guests can try it before joining.
⚡ PR Chasers🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OKRoadTrailWalker friendlyBeginner friendlyChicago · Edgewater · Thu · 6:00 AM
Glen Glen Runners
Next run · Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 AM
The CARA crew for Edgewater and Andersonville — starts at Glen/Glen, collects more runners at Sheridan & Berwyn at 6:20, then heads for the Lakefront Trail. Three to eight miles depending who shows.
🌅 Early Birds🤝 Community FirstRoadTrailChicago · Lincoln Park · Tue, Thu, Sat
Heartbreak Hill Running Company
Next run · Tue, Oct 27 · 6:30 PM
Store-based training with actual structure: Heartbreaker Practice on Tuesdays, Signature Speed on Thursdays, and a Saturday long run.
⚡ PR Chasers🤝 Community FirstRoadItasca · City-wide · Tue, Thu, Sat
Itasca Runners Club
Next run · Sat, Oct 31 · 7:00 AM
A DuPage County village club formed in 2005 — a ~5 mile Saturday run from Fulla Beans Cafe at 7:00 AM, plus Tuesday and Thursday early-morning runs from Catalpa and Bryn Mawr.
🤝 Community FirstRoadOak Park · City-wide · Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat
Oak Park Runners Club
Next run · Tue, Oct 27 · 9:00 AM
Founded in 1982 and one of the oldest active clubs in the Chicago area — 280-plus members, 20 to 40 runners at a typical run, year-round. An all-volunteer 501(c)(3) that puts on the Good Life Race and has staffed a Chicago Marathon water station for 25 years.
🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OKRoadTrailBeginner friendlyNo-dropChicago · Little Village · Tue, Thu, Sun
Viento Little Village Runners Club
Ten-plus years of getting Little Village walking, jogging and running — started by four friends, now a bilingual Spanish/English familia of all paces meeting three times a week at the 26th Street mural.
🌙 Night Runners🌅 Early Birds🤝 Community FirstRoadWalker friendlyNo-dropChicago · West Loop · Thu · 6:00 AM
West Loop Run Crew
Next run · Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 AM
A free Thursday-morning CARA crew that alternates routes through the West Loop, three to five miles, walkers explicitly included. Membership is the free CARA Friend level.
🌅 Early Birds🤝 Community First👟 Beginner OK🐕 Dog-FriendlyRoadWalker friendlyNo-drop