Nike announced that Chicago will be a host for the Nike+ Human Race, the world's biggest one day running event ever. The event offers runners across the globe the chance to compete together on August 31, 2008. The 10K event will span multiple continents and cover 25 cities, including Chicago, LA, New York, London, Madrid, Paris, Istanbul, Melbourne, Shanghai, Sao Paulo and Vancouver. Following races in each city, participants will be treated to an exclusive music concert featuring one of today's top artists.

Chicago's Nike+ Human Race will kick off at 6:30 p.m. and the course will begin outside the colonnades of Soldier Field, the parallel Lakeshore Drive and circle back to the stadium and museum campus.

Registration officially opens on June 2, 2008.

"The Nike+ Human Race is about inspiring and connecting a million runners worldwide," said Trevor Edwards, Nike Vice President for Brand and Category Management. "We're offering runners new ways to compete and race courses through legendary landmarks each ending with a headlining musical act. It's an unprecedented way for us to bring an entirely new running experience to consumers around the globe."

Each city's race will start on the same day, with the first race kicking off in Taipei and the last ending in L.A.