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

The Philly marathon was my first marathon! Prior to signing up I had heard a lot of good things about the Philadelphia marathon from people in my running club. They commented on the crowd support to the scenic course and boy did it live up to the hype! It was such

The first thing that makes this run unique is the 6:15 night start. A little hot, but overall cool atmosphere starting later in the day. Nice not having to wake up at the butt crack of dawn to get a parking spot and start a race. The course was great, cops