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

This was the 2nd year I ran the Chicago Marathon. Love the course, love all the spectators! This year there was an issue leaving Grant Park. Huge cluster of people trying to get back to Michigan Ave, all the gates prevented everyone from exiting smoothly. There was a lot of standing

Excellent course by far. One of my favorite. Professionally done. Only bad thing is the awards are awarded to 10 year age spans rather than 5 years which is a mistake.
Top of the line shirts they give out.

This is an event you will want to do each year. I