Chicago Marathon
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Address: | Bank of America Chicago Marathon
135 S. LaSalle St., Suite 2705 MC: IL4-135-27-05 Chicago, IL 60603 |
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Phone Number: | 312-904-9800 | |
Fax Number: | 312-904-9820 | |
Email: | Email the organizers | |
Registration Schedule and Lottery: | World Marathon Majors |
Runner Reviews (950)
Gordon Celender from Dublin, Ireland
(1/5/2025)
"One of the best marathons in the world" (about: 2021)
50+ previous marathons
| 2 Chicago Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 I've run this marathon twice (2021 and 2024) and as a virtual race in 2020. After Boston, it's probably my favorite marathon. Sadly I lost my bib early on race morning (2021) so I had to get a replacement bib. It was quite an ordeal, but staff issued me a new bib. The crowd support is amazing all along the route. | |
gary lok from San Gabriel, California
(11/21/2022)
"Great organization and experience" (about: 2022)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Chicago Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Great weather and course. However, a little disappointed we didn't run by Wrigley Field nor Guaranteed Rate Field being a baseball guy. | |
K. T. from Chicago, Illinois, USA
(10/12/2022)
"City of the Big Shoulders and a Big Heart" (about: 2022)
11-50 previous marathons
| 6+ Chicago Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 A Chicagoan, I ran this race for the 16th time. It is huge. The only organizational flaw was that there was no signage to guide runners from the parking lot to the expo for packet pickup. Volunteers and staff did a great job getting 40K+ runners to where they should be on race day. Aid stations were plentiful (22 of them). Fans lined the entire course (the Mexican neighborhood of Pilsen had the most color, music, and enthusiasm). There were plenty of distance markers and clocks on the very flat course. Start and finish areas were well organized with toilets and refreshments. Bravo, Chicago, my kind of town. | |
J. O. from Colorado
(10/12/2021)
"Much better in 2021 that might have be expected" (about: 2021)
11-50 previous marathons
| 6+ Chicago Marathons
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 4 Kudos to the organizers and the city for holding this race in the face of so many headaches and great uncertainty. My biggest gripe would be about the long lines to get into the expo due to the Covid certificate checks. It took over an hour on Saturday morning. Hopefully, this is a one-off glitch as there were only a handful of people checking and thousands waiting to get into the expo. But race day arrangements were generally very good though the corral gatekeepers were very lax and allowed many with bibs for later corrals into my corral. This should be the easiest thing to monitor. It's much easier to get to the start line in Chicago than many other big city marathons thanks to the CTA and there is a large amount of space at the finish for family and friends to gather and celebrate. On a warm and humid day where many runners fell victim to the conditions, the medical people were hyper-alert and quickly rushed to the fallen. I saw at least 5 runners prone on the street surrounded by EMTs, police and other emergency personnel. I hope all are ok. My first time back in the Chicago marathon since 1992 and though the race has grown enormously since then, it's still a special place. The highlight on the course for me was the 'Dancing Divas' on the stage near mile 8. It seemed that everyone was in a good mood and ready to party after the horrible 18 months we have all endured. Thanks organizers, volunteers and spectators and huge thanks to the city of Chicago | |
J. D. from USA
(10/18/2019)
"Awesome Marathon" (about: 2019)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Chicago Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 From the expo, corral start, to the awesome crowd; this is a great venue. Highly recommend purchasing a VIP tent ticket. Worth the extra expense. Logistics were great; stay as close to the start line as you like. No trains, busses or ferries needed. My first marathon and I am ready to run it again next year! | |
K. T. from Chicago, Illinois
(7/8/2019)
"City of the Big Shoulders and a Very Big Marathon" (about: 2018)
11-50 previous marathons
| 6+ Chicago Marathons
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 A native Chicagoan, I ran this race for the 15th time, but for the 1st time in 8 years. It grew! Marathon organizers do well getting and keeping the 40K+ runners where they should be. It's a huge production. The course is flat. Aid stations are numerous. The fans are everywhere. This year's race was a wet one. Anyway, enjoy the race and my city! | |
Jose Mateo from Santo Domingo, DOminican Republic
(4/14/2019)
"Excellent organization" (about: 2017)
1 previous marathon
| 1 Chicago Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Best race ever | |
B. B. from Albuquerque, New Mexico
(1/24/2019)
"Beyond Awesome" (about: 2018)
11-50 previous marathons
| 1 Chicago Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 Having run New York five times and Boston twice, this year was my first time running Chicago, wow, what was I missing. This is a destination marathon where you can reasonably expect a PR. The course is both incredibly scenic and fast. The course is flat going forward and side to side, meaning because the roads you are running on are so wide you do not have to run much of the race on sides with large camber. The organization is great, water stops well run and long. The corals worked very well for me. Starting in first wave, corral "c" took about five minutes to get to start after gun sounded, but at start line the road opens up and I could run the whole race at chosen pace, not feeling like fighting through crowds. Best of all, left my hotel at 6:15 walked to Grant Park, and at my corral by 6:45, plenty of time to stretch etc. before 7:30 start. Love Chicago crowds and city. | |
R. H. from Nw York City
(1/19/2019)
"Great Bucket List Race" (about: 2018)
6-10 previous marathons
| 1 Chicago Marathon
COURSE: 5 ORGANIZATION: 4 FANS: 4 Loved running Chicago in 2018. My only complaint is that my Garmin didn't show my current pace, probably due to the high buildings, so I think I started out too fast and paid for it at the end. Super flat. Loved running through the neighborhoods. Plenty of hydration and fuel stations along the course. Get ready for the hill at the end. It will surprise you. Cold, rainy, and windy during the first half. Windy and cold at the finish. Gotta love mother nature. | |
Wayne Wright from Palmdale, California USA
(11/28/2018)
"A Wet Day in the Windy City" (about: 2018)
50+ previous marathons
| 1 Chicago Marathon
COURSE: 4 ORGANIZATION: 5 FANS: 5 INTRODUCTION: I am a race-walker with a median marathon completion time of 5:21:52. The Chicago Marathon was my fifty-second 26.2-miler accomplished. COURSE: It was a yellow flag day due to the slippery wet surface of the race course. While the National Weather Service reported 59 degrees, 90 percent relative humidity, winds from the northeast at 10 mph with overcast skies, the start of the race was marked with rain. The course began at Grant Park, staying in The Loop or just north of the Chicago River for the first three miles on this pancake flat course. We then headed northward through Lincoln Park, where the foliage provided a distinct and pleasant contrast to the concrete, steel, and glass we would experience the rest of the way. At mile 8, we turned south back toward The Loop where, halfway through the course, we turned westward, mostly on Adams Street, and then doubling back on Jackson Boulevard. By mile 17, we headed south through University Village, Little Italy, Pilsen, and Chinatown, the latter neighborhood which presented a pleasant architectural diversion from the rest of the cityscape. Just after mile 23, at the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, we returned northward to our finish line in Grant Park, a fraction of a mile from where we began the race. Weather at the finish was 60 degrees, 86 percent relative humidity, winds from the east at 11 mph with overcast skies. ORGANIZATION: Top notch. Best expo a participant could ask for. Especially noteworthy was the over-sized treadmill that gave the runner the opportunity of running 200 meters at the marathon world record pace completed just a week earlier in Berlin. Excellent traffic control and water stop support. Most marathons hand out the finisher medal just after crossing the finish line. Not so in Chicago, there was a bit of a walk, but for those who finished around six and a half hours after the initial starting gun, finishers were treated to receiving the medal by none other than the queen of marathons herself, Paula Radcliffe, a gesture much appreciated by the tortoise population. SPECTATORS: Noisy, comparable to the crowds one would find in New York City or Boston. Especially enthusiastic were the fans and bands in the Pilsen neighborhood between miles 19 and 20. CONCLUSION: There is something special about participating in a World Marathon Majors event. Perhaps it is due to participating in an event with the world's best, perhaps it is due to the size of the crowds, or perhaps it is due to the large number of participants running alongside you. Whatever the reason, a serious marathoner should consider including at least one of these races in his portfolio. Well done, Chicagoland. |
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