Well organized. Texas sized. Didn't expect the wind that blows gently,but continuously for days. Neither flat nor hilly, just a nice change up throughout the course. Lots of variation and felt like a faster run for me. Lots of energy at race start from crowd and announcers. Start of race

This was my third year running the Chicago Marathon and its still by far the event I look forward to the most each years.
As a resident of Chicago, I always feel like the event is just a giant tour of my city. As much as I hate running near the

1st time competing in this race. From the easy to find parking lot right in front of the starting line and race expo area to the well organized volunteers, everything made this race fun and worthwhile. The course was well marked with water at every mile and road condition