"Having failed to secure a spot in the NYC Marathon (the only marathon I've run -- and only once), I looked for a race that would be close to home, and have good crowd support. I read up on Philly, saw that it was fairly flat, and that there was

I have ran many Chicago marathons, I love this race but I do believe they need to make next years medal a SPECIAL 40th and make it look as such!!!! One more things instead of bananas on miles 22 maybe you should move them maybe to mile 18.. I also just

There is no better way to sight see one of the most amazing cities in the world. Overall the event is very well run and is the experience of a lifetime! There isn't really any post-race party, they do their best to just direct you out of the park.