Races

Back to all races
Race Details Ratings 17 Reports 22

Race Reports for Chicago Half Marathon

[1]
Reported by:
Race rating (5)
User photo
  • 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: Although the weekend was freakishly warm (90 degrees!) for Chicago in late september, the race folks did a great job with water stations, sprayers, and even ice along the course. I was impressed.
read full report
[2]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: Tons of drinking stations and volunteers. Lots of bathrooms, medical help, etc. Too many bees and mosquitos in the park post race. It was crazy.
read full report
[3]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: fun race, but tri's are way more fun
read full report
[4]
Reported by:
User photo
  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: They ran out of beer. I was really looking forward to a cold beer. Also, the location of this race leads to crappy logistics. I had to take a train and 2 buses to get there. It's not in the most convenient location. Also, the expo was at Navy Pier, ALSO not a convenient place.
read full report
[5]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: This race as gotten better. They changed the course slightly, moved the start/finish line to a better location. Overall - well organized and nice. Perhaps my only complaint is that the first few miles are really congested. They either need fewer people or more time in between letting start corrals go.
read full report
[6]
Reported by:
Race rating (5)
User photo
  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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, very well run event. Definitely one of the gems of the Chicago racing scene.
read full report
[7]
Reported by:
Race rating (3)
User photo
  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Good race, a lot of support along the course, plenty of hydration stations, would do it again.
read full report
[8]
Reported by:
Race rating (5)
User photo
  • 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: Great race, well organized, plenty of support, what can I say... all you need in a big half marathon.
read full report
[9]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: i placed 2649 of 6283 of the girls. I beat my time from last year 2:09 and i beat my brother!
read full report
[10]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: Great race. Lots of water stations (9 I think) and volunteers. Had a great time. Public transportation after the race was a nightmare with about 1,000 people standing, stranded, at various bus stops because the busses north never came. No taxis in the neighborhood either.
read full report
[11]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: This is my 4th year doing this race -- despite the crowds and the difficulty getting parking, I love it and will continue to come back for it.
read full report
[12]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: Fun run!
read full report
[13]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: Great race, the only bad part was finding parking space, really...
read full report
[14]
Reported by:
Race rating (5)
User photo
  • 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: What a great race. Except for the food at the end everything was top notch. I'll be back next year. I highly recommend this race to anyone looking for a relatively flat and very scenic half marathon.
read full report
[15]
Reported by:
User photo
  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: My goals three goals were sub: 1:54:11 (last year's pr), Sub 1:50, and the 'would be sweet' goal of 1:45. Just missed that super aggressive goal..will probably take next year off unless I'm recovered from IMOO. Top 15% of the race!! Wow! this tri training pays off!!! I was on the news too
read full report
[16]
Reported by:
User photo
  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: I didn't look up more than 6 times, I swear. I really tried to stay focused and push myself instead of coasting through. I think I will do that in more races but try to actually try to push my speed to the max in more 5 and 10K races. I really want to see what I can do if I push myself to the max. I think every year I get faster and I limit meyself because I don't really push it.
read full report
[17]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I enjoy this race. The crowds are pretty good except when you're out on Lake Shore Drive. The post-race food leaves a little to be desired, but I suppose with the number of people they have racing, it's hard to feed everyone. It's well organized, and the route is pretty cool.
read full report
Show Per page
 
 
of 1