Reality TV star and mom of 8 Kate Gosselin will run a Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago mini-marathon Jul 22 in Grant Park.

What’s your forgive for not running?

The former star of TLC’s “Jon Kate Plus 8″ will take partial in a 3 mile march on interest of her stream employer Couponcabin.com (she’s a blogger for a website, that is charity runners $5 off a competition entrance fee). Gosselin, 37, ran a Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego half marathon Sunday and a Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas marathon in December.

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Gosselin won’t be a initial existence star to take partial in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago race. Giuliana Rancic, star of Style Network’s “Giuliana and Bill,” and “Bachelor” alums Jake Pavelka and Jason Mesnick ran a half marathon in 2010. “Today” weatherman Al Roker and late NFL star Roger Craig ran it in 2011.

Heads up: “Glee” actor Chris Colfer will pointer copies of his children’s book “The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell” during Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville Jul 19. … Andy Samberg, who progressing this week announced he has left “Saturday Night Live,” will accommodate with Chicago media Tuesday to foster his arriving film “That’s My Boy.” … Singers Robin Thicke and Karmin will title Macy’s Glamorama 2012, that this year will take place Aug 10 during Harris Theater in Millenium Park. … “106 Park” co-host and “Think Like a Man” actor Terrence J will seem during Crown Royal Black’s The Crown Life celebration Tuesday during a Chicago Illuminating Company.

It’s in a game: NASCAR motorist Danica Patrick, who grew adult in Roscoe, Ill., will be a playable impression in a arriving video game, “Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed.” Your move, “Mario Kart.”

On a record: “I unequivocally didn’t know anybody. we would go to East Bank Club and try to widen my examination as prolonged as we could, only to have something to do during a day.” Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel talks to Michigan Avenue repository about her brief time vital in Chicago.

Finding adore in a destroyed place: Chicago proprietor and associate Tribune worker Yanina Beccaria feels group in this city are tough to date and attempted her fitness on a Jenny McCarthy-hosted existence show, “Love in a Wild,” that front Tuesdays on NBC. When we asked Yanina what she has opposite us, she pronounced we have “Peter Pan syndrome” (in other words, she feels we don’t wish to grow up). Pfff. That couldn’t be serve from a truth.

Good job, good effort: we didn’t like entertaining for a same sports teams as everybody else when we was a child (the Cubs being a exception), that is because I’m a San Antonio Spurs fan and have been given fifth grade. Even when a Bulls won 6 titles, we stranded with a Spurs and it eventually paid off with 4 titles. we was assured a fifth was on a approach a week ago. Four true waste later, I’m seeking myself “What happened?” and listening to Johnny Cash’s chronicle of “Hurt” on repeat. Oh well. At slightest we still have a Cubs…

Sightings: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters dined during Balena in Lincoln Park Saturday. … Giuliana and Bill Rancic hosted a observation celebration for their existence uncover Tuesday during their restaurant, RPM Italian. Walter E. Smith seat presented a couple, that is awaiting a child around surrogate, with a rocking chair during a party. … The Bears’ Lance Briggs, Charles “Peanut” Tillman and Johnny Knox attended former Bear Rashied Davis’s Cocktails for Brighter Tomorrows party, that benefitted his Saturday Place girl program, during Rockit Bar Grill Tuesday. … The White Sox’s John Danks, Adam Dunn and Jake Peavy were on palm for Pat Green’s unison during Joe’s on Weed St. Friday (The Pony owners Mark Domitrovich told me Peavy has a good singing voice. we still don’t know if he was joking.) … Former New York Knick Allan Houston dined Tuesday during Jake Melnick’s Tap Tuesday.

Watch this: we don’t like Kanye West’s “Mercy” song. Why? we don’t know. I’m not a strain writer. we can’t unequivocally explain it. we customarily possibly consider a strain sucks or it doesn’t. But if we like this song, that also facilities Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz, afterwards I’m guessing you’ll substantially suffer a strain video.

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