Fall Out Boy Rocks Runners

Recipe for a feel-good night: run a 10k with 13,999 of your closest friends, for your favorite charity, finish at an exclusive concert, in Soldier Field.

That was Chicago’s version of Nike’s Human Race on Sunday. 25 cities internationally hosted races followed by concerts. When the runners streamed into Soldier Field and Fall Out Boy took the stage, there were so many endorphins I felt like I had a runners’ high myself.

Jim Grillo of HeresChicago.com, Jen Knoedl of JenChicago.com, and I tagged along with Cara Carriveau (Cara’s Basement) to cover the event. Besides being a fellow member of the NBC5 Street Team, Cara’s a DJ on 101.9 the Mix and was invited to moderate the press conference with Fall Out Boy and introduce the hometown band on stage.

It was a packed night, with interviews with Olympic Marathon runner Dathan Ritzenhein, a press conference with Fall Out Boy, the race itself, a performance by DJ Dan Suh, and then the concert. During the race we waited in the RunChiLounge and ate hot dogs and Italian beef and wings and pretzels with cheese and cookies – just the kind of food you’d expect at an event for runners…Ironically, it was catered by United Airlines!

Check out the pictures from the evening: