Sweet home Chicago is my hometown marathon. The course is flat, fast, and a great opportunity to push your limits and show off the results of all those summer miles logged under the heat and humidity while your friends sought shelter and air conditioning.

This year's race had perfect weather and

This was a great race!!! It is an awesome foundation!!!! Great food and drinks and so many nice people from a great town!!!

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.