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 water stations were the cleanest I've ever seen at a race. I didn't have any worries about slipping and falling on empty cups.
The tear down of timing signs began way too early.

I'll definitely run this race next year, but will be toting my own hydration and energy requirements. With an aout and backa� course I would have expected there to me more water stations than at a little over a mile and at mile 4. I recalled there being more stations when