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👟Home of book-themed guided route
📚 Services for authors + creative 5Ks
✍️ Writers Who Run
🫂 @readandrunchicago
🚗 DC + SEA @readandrunontheroad

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📍🏠 HOME OF THE BOOK-THEMED GUIDED RUN

Read & Run Tours is home of the book-themed guided run, a one-of-kind program that blends fitness, literature, and community!

Guides develop running routes where the story takes place with stops that correspond to the book. Authors are invited to join during or after to build community with readers & runners.

Between Read & Run Tours, Read & Run Chicago, and the Read & Run on the Road programs, over 50 authors have had their books brought to life and connected (often IRL!) with new audiences, including Rebecca Makkai, Ann Napolitano, Naomi Hirahara, and more!

👉 WHERE CAN I ATTEND ONE?

📍Chicago with @readandrunchicago [‘signature events’]
📍D.C. and Seattle via @readandrunontheroad organizers
📍And beyond — stay tuned here!

👉 AUTHORS: Interested in developing a program inspired by your book(s)? Here’s how:

- Apply to host your own Read & Run Tours-like event through the @readandrunontheroad program

- Hire Read & Run Tours to plan and host an event inspired by your book

- Chicagoland area authors/books visit @readandrunchicago to pitch your book for consideration!

👉 RUNNERS: Want to host your own?

Visit @readandrunontheroad to apply! taken in USA by @readandruntours

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4 months ago

We want audiences to be MOVED by your work. ✨

At Read & Run Tours, owner Allison Yates approaches events for authors and creatives based on her years of experience in education, community building, and experiential event design.

We’re home of the 👟book-themed guided run👟, and our services both include and expand beyond this one-of-kind format.

Events that emphasize the attendee experience—and include interactive, creative elements—have the potential to build long-lasting community and superfans.

👇 We offer:

📚 Event coaching for authors and creatives
📚 Experiential and creative event design that focus on community building
📚 Full-scale event planning & management
📚 Audience engagement strategy

Ready to move your audiences? DM here or visit readandruntours.com. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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7 months ago

Read & Run on the Road, explained ✨👟

Hi, I’m Allison! 👋 I’m the founder of Read & Run Tours, home of the book-themed guided run where stories take place.

Did you know that Read & Run Tours has a program called Read & Run on the Road?

Read & Run on the Road is a program of independently-organized events under a license from Read & Run Tours.

This means that the coolest humans ever (runners who love books?! Yes!) from around the country get to host events with book-themed guided runs where the story takes place, followed by author Q&As, lectures, or book discussions.

➡️ Swipe to learn more and DM or visit our website to apply. ✨

I can’t wait to see a new cohort of organizers in 2026! taken in United States of America by @readandruntours

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9 months ago

📣 NEXT THURSDAY 10/8: Another LIVE Writers Who Run panel at the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo ahead of @chimarathon.

Journalist @malissaonthemove is back in Chicago hosting another live panel all about how writers incorporate movement and running into their discipline.

I got to listen to her panel last month at @printersrowfest and I left so inspired and energized.

Whether you need some pre-race inspiration, or are just looking for a cool way to understand movement and writing, this panel is free and open to all whether you’re running the marathon or not.

Writers Who Run is a column by Malissa Rodenburg hosted by Read & Run Tours. Tap the link in bio to read past columns. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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3 days ago

Welcome to October, readers & runners nationwide!

It’s marathon season, it’s spooky season—it’s cozy reading season.

Ready to dive into them all? Here are this month’s signature events in the Read & Run world whether you love horror novels or are gearing up for @marinecorpsmarathon!

📅 October 20
📍DC 👉 with @clarabartonmso
Read & Run on the Road: Running Tour of Reveille in Washington
🧠 What you’ll learn: Lasting impacts of the Civil War and Civil War-related history you’ve never considered!
Host: @chelseygrassfield

📅 October 25
📍Chicago 👉 @pilsencommunitybooks
Running Tour of Brown in the Windy City with Dr. Lilia Fernández
🧠 What you’ll learn: Mexican and Puerto Rican experiences and history in Little Italy and Pilsen
Host: @readandrunchicago

📅 October 29
📍Chicago 👉 @theunderstudychi
Book Club Run of Summerdale with @davidjaycollins and historian @leylairoyale
🧠 What you’ll learn: A behind-the-scenes look at David’s horror trilogy set in Andersonville, plus local history
Host: @readandruntours and @davidjaycollins

What are signature events? The original event format we created: Book-themed guided routes where stories take place. They’re hosted by Read & Run Chicago and independent organizers with the Read & Run on the Road program.

➡️ Tap the ‘Events’ link in bio for info + tickets!

Looking for free community programming in Chicago? 👉 Follow @readandrunchicago and subscribe to their newsletter. taken in USA by @readandruntours

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5 days ago

@thebeachesband hops featuring author @darrin1831collins because FALL IS HERE! 🍂

Join us this fall for:

⭐️ Signature events 9/27, 10/25, and 11/15 (bike options 9/27 and 10/25)

⭐️ Festivities during @chimarathon week

⭐️ Open volunteer opportunities

⭐️ Community programming (no running required)

Tap the ‘Events’ link in bio for all public events and volunteer opportunities.

Can’t wait to see you soon! taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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15 days ago

Last week, we hosted Writers Who Run columnist @malissaonthemove and author @marthaengber at the @americanwritersmuseum for the first-ever live version of the column!

Martha joined Chicago runners for a three-mile run through Chicago’s Loop, highlighting the setting of her book. After, we listened to a live interview all about Martha’s writing, movement, and how the two influence each other.

Stay tuned for the column on our website and until then, keep writing, reading, and running.

🍹Thanks so much to @drinknakedlife and @madegoodfoods for the post-run goodies.

Tap the Writers Who Run link in bio to read past columns and get inspired to use movement to fuel your creativity. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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21 days ago

I partnered with @sweatyponytales for the perfect Read & Run Tours merch drop for readers everywhere and readers who run 🥰

Buy our new collab this weekend in Chicago at @printersrowfest! Visit the @readandrunchicago table outside Hotel Blake.

Read local shit design available in:
🎽 Unisex sweat-wicking tanks sizes XS-XL (🚫medium sold out!)
👕 Long sleeve unisex cotton t-shirt sizes S-2XL

$45. Available while supplies last!

If you’re outside of Chicago, DM me about shipping! 📦 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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24 days ago

This Sunday, September 13 at 2pm: Writers Who Run panel at @printersrowfest!

Hear journalist and Writers Who Run columnist @malissaonthemove this weekend at @printersrowfest’s Center Stage interviewing @heidikstevens, @ugo2dachi, @samanthahoffman01, @strongislandmediachi, and @brianhieggelke all about the intersection of movement and creativity.

See you there, readers! taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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a month ago

📣 Last call to RSVP!

Join us and journalist Malissa Rodenburg (@malissaonthemove) for the first-ever live interview of the Writers Who Run column.

Join us Chicago at the American Writers Museum tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9 for a run with author Martha Engber (@marthaengber) and live interview.

You’ll learn more about Martha’s work and how running and movement fit into her practice.

After the Q&A, we’ll have book sales and signing of Martha’s Chicago-based novels, Winter Light and its sequel, Scattered Light.

All are welcome—no cost to join.

Not runnning? Skip the run and join us for the live interview directly.

Tap the ‘Events’ link in bio to save your spot. taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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Big things coming up this week in the Read & Run world!

🗓️ WEDNESDAY, SEPT 9 at 6PM

Join us and journalist Malissa Rodenburg (@malissaonthemove) for the first-ever run + live interview for the Writers Who Run column out of the American Writers Museum. All are welcome—no cost to join. RSVP via link in bio.

🗓️ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 from 10AM - 6PM

Read & Run Chicago will be stationed at a table right outside the Hotel Blake on the west side of the street. Visit us for:
📚 Gently used Chicago books that support or programming
❤️ Blind dates with Chicago books
🍂 Fall challenge packets
🔖 Free bookmarks, buttons, and stickers
👚 New Read & Run Tours’s merch collab with sweaty ponytales
💌 Free postcards with purchase

🗓️ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 at 2PM

Writers Who Run panel at Printers Row Lit Fest featuring Brian Hieggelke, Samantha Hoffman, Robert Scoop Jackson, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, and Heidi Stevens in conversation with Malissa Rodenburg, Writers Who Run columnist!

See you there, Chicagoans and visitors.

#printersrowlitfest taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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OUR FAVORITE SHIT IS THE LOCAL KIND! 😂

The Read & Run Tours x @sweatyponytales MERCH REVEAL is here! 👀

We want you to READ LOCAL SHIT.

No matter what way you’re involved in the Read & Run world, whether you’re a community member of @readandrunchicago, an author using our event services, or an organizer on the @readandrunontheroad program, we can all agree: reading local stories makes us more connected to local authors and more connected to the physical spaces we call home.

Reading local shit is the best.

We’re debuting these long sleeved shirts and running tanks next week IRL in CHICAGO:

🗓️ Sept 9 at the @americanwritersmuseum at the live Writers Who Run interview + run with @marthaengber

🗓️ Sept 12-13 At the Read & Run Chicago table at @printersrowfest

If you want to make sure you don’t miss out, DM to buy now and pick up next week!

#readandruntours #merch #printersrowlitfest #readlocalshit taken in Chicago, Illinois by @readandruntours

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