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Race Reports for Chicago Marathon 2011

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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: I really enjoyed the race as well as the city. The city of Chicago really supports the race and the crowd support was awesome.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Chicago is an awesome race. They were extremely well organized, especially considering the massive scale of the race. The expo blew my mind. I highly recommend this race. It is also very flat. However, unless you are seeded in the A corral, the flow of runners never really lets up, so the course is pretty crowded. That makes it super fun, but if you need to save a few minutes to get a PR, the congesting might take away those few minutes.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: As I mentioned earlier, its hard to think about doing a marathon elsewhere with the crowd support and the overall venue that Chicago provides.
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  • Comments: This is an awesome marathon. And if were ever going to do another marathon (unlikely!), this would be high on my list. Despite the unpredictable weather, the course is great, the spectators are great (a cop I was talking to the day before, said they anticipate 1-1.5 MILLION people to be out watching... unbelievable, isn't it?) and it's a wonderful experience.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: I have nothing else to compare it to, but I've done it twice and for a ginormous race, it's pretty smooth with minor glitches here and there. The course is truly a sightseeing bonanza if you can enjoy it. A lot of people try to qual for Boston here, but I am not sure this is the best race for it...it's flat, yes, but the course is so clobbered with people that unless you are in the A or B corrals, you are going to be severely hindered for at least the first 6-8 miles or so. You have been warned.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: All things considered this was another good Chicago Marathon. However nothing will compare to running it two years ago in 3:41 and qualifying for Boston! :-)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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  • Comments: I thought that aid stations were weirdly spaced out. Sometimes they were less than a mile apart, sometimes they were 2 miles apart. I was VERY glad that I carried fluids with me.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Very well orgainzed. The race was very crowded but a ton of fun
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Would not run this one again
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