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Daywatch: Chicago half-marathon shortened, angering runners

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Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey likened Chicago to an “unruly child” Thursday, appearing before the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board’s endorsement session of Illinois candidates for governor. Bailey said he considers the city he has frequently referred to as a “hellhole” is part of his family in the way “I consider all of Illinois my family.”

A state senator from downstate Xenia, Bailey has sought to make headway with voters in Chicago during the general election campaign while having to reconcile with actions and comments he’s made as a candidate and lawmaker. In Springfield, he backed legislation that would have separated Chicago from the rest of the state. And during the primary and after winning the nomination, he’s repeatedly labeled Chicago a “hellhole.”

Meanwhile, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has contributed $1 million to the campaign of Democratic secretary of state candidate Alexi Giannoulias even though Pritzker just four months ago backed Giannoulias’ opponent in the primary.

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Runners feel shortchanged after Sunday half-marathon was shortened by a half-mile

Khoa Dao finished a half-marathon Sunday along Chicago’s lakefront feeling elated, crossing the finish line seemingly 15 minutes faster than his previous personal record. But later in the day, Dao’s enthusiasm was punctured when he learned the 13.1-mile HOKA One One Chicago Half Marathon was actually about 12.6 miles.

Organizers of the race, which started in Jackson Park and attracted thousands of runners, changed the course “just prior to the start of the event” after being directed to do so by the city of Chicago, according to an email sent to runners two days after the race.

DePaul freshman and mayoral hopeful ‘didn’t mean to offend anyone’ by posting bogus notices that Rogers Park homeless were bound for hotel

Brandon Dotson has been living in a tent in Touhy Park for a few months while he waits to get more stable housing. Then early this week he thought it was finally time to get out after flyers popped up informing people in the park experiencing homelessness they would be moved to rooms in one of Chicago’s fanciest hotels.

The 37-year-old South Side native said he got his hopes up, but Dotson and the rest of the people staying in Touhy Park in the 7300 block of North Paulina Street soon found out the information on the notices, which claimed their right to stay in the park was expiring in five days and that they would be moved to Chicago’s Four Seasons Hotel, was fabricated by Sarah Lim, a 17-year-old DePaul University freshman.

Friday Morning Swim Club brings hundreds of people to Montrose Harbor for morning dip and coffee. ‘It’s just joy,’ organizer says.

Every Friday morning for the last two summers, hundreds of people have experienced the sunrise jump at Montrose Harbor. Called the Friday Morning Swim Club, they are there to share a dip in the water, 20 gallons of coffee and fellowship.

There’s only one rule: Every Friday, you have to meet one new person. “It’s all about literally putting your phone down and meeting either old friends, new friends, whatever — just connecting with people. That’s it‚” one of the founders, Andrew Glatt, 31, told the Tribune.

5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears-New York Giants game, including 2 powerful running games — plus our Week 4 predictions

The Chicago Bears and New York Giants, playing under new head coaches Matt Eberflus and Brian Daboll, are two of eight NFL teams that missed the playoffs in 2021 but have started this season 2-1 or better.

The Bears and Giants will meet Sunday at MetLife Stadium with a chance to build on those starts. As kickoff approaches, here’s our snapshot look at the game.

Column: Here’s the big reveal: Movie endings are hard to get right, and not just in ‘Don’t Worry Darling’

“When a movie is essentially about peeling the onion, and getting to what’s underneath the first few layers as in the case of ‘Don’t Worry Darling,’ the closer the audience comes to the big reveal, the more a movie becomes the sum of its screenwriting parts, faulty or otherwise,” writes Michael Phillips.

“But here is an example of why blueprints have their limits. There are blatantly far-fetched thrillers, brilliant ones, that haunt us for decades in spite of their narrative inelegance or the quality of their gotchas.”