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Race Reports for Chicago Marathon 2015

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Race rating (4)
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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: Great race. Chicago is really a fantastic town. Lots of fun sight-seeing (with seated options, like the totally fantastic Architecture Boat Tour!) for everyone, great restaurants, etc. The race is flat as a pancake with good crowd support. Definitely coming back to do this one again in the future.
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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: Overall a very well run race. However, being in the second wave, I was disappointed that the pace truck was passing me not even halfway through the race. I didn't start in the back of my corral (the last one) and I was definitely under a 15 min mile during the first 8-10 miles so it seemed like the pace vehicles were ahead of schedule. This was only a problem when they started crowding the course when there were still lots of runners out. I never got pushed onto the sidewalk like last time, but aid stations were getting shut down right as I was getting to them which made getting fluids a little harder later in the race- and it made me worry that eventually there might not be water on the course so I kept stopping to fill my handheld bottle. I asked other runners if they thought the pace car was too fast and they confirmed what I thought, so I don't know. I get that things have to get shut down and opened up but when there are that many runners out, adhering to the policy they set up (6.5
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Race rating (4)
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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: Only marathon I have ever ran so hard to compare, great overall experience though.
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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:

  • Comments: Large crowd. Lots to see. bands, Elvis, great signs, old folks waving from buildings. Lots of positive energy.
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