Chicago is one of, if not the best marathon. The crowd is packed along the route, cheering on all of the runners the entire time. The course is almost entirely flat. The volunteers and workers are incredibly supportive and helpful and everything runs like clockwork. This was my 4th time running

Fort wadworth(starting village) was not a good experience, arrived to my corral at 9:01 (corral 1F green village) it had already closed and many other runners like me were not allowed in, eve tho we arrived there one minute late because the bus dropped is late despite getting on the ferry

The cherry blossom 10 miler is a great race to kick off spring. Good course, organization of the race & affordable. Only downside is that with so many people eager to run & some relatively narrow roads, the course felt a bit crowded at some points.