Running Excels

Treadfit will host a strength training class for runners at 9 a.m. Friday at Beverly Park.

Carolyn Leeb, 71, was the first to win a T-shirt for running the 6-mile, bird-shaped route 25 times.

The new and used bookstore will more than double its retail space with a move to 10324 S. Western Ave.

The annual march down Western Avenue begins at noon Sunday in Beverly and Morgan Park.

The one-mile race at 11:30 a.m. Sunday sends runners along the path of the South Side Irish Parade.

The annual pre-parade fundraiser includes the selection of the South Side Irish Parade Queen.

The workout facility will move down Western Avenue to a slightly larger storefront.

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Runners can now donate to the neighborhood Special Olympics program when they sign up for the race.

The one-mile race will also head south down Western Avenue this year instead of north.

The annual 5K run and walk through North Beverly will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving — Nov. 28.

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Participants in the fourth annual jaunt through the cemetery are encouraged to come dressed in costume.

The South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade begins at noon Sunday at 103rd and Western.

Running Excels in Beverly will host its third annual Emerald Isle Mile ahead of the parade on Sunday.