Chicago Half Marathon

Chicago Half Marathon

Chicago Half Marathon

( 56 reviews )
82% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Chicago,
    Illinois,
    United States
  • September
  • 3 miles/5K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

KERL

CHICAGO, Illinois, United States
16 25
2014
"The Concrete Jungle"
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KERL 's thoughts:

There's something to be said about this race which yearly presents a set of challenges for runners, primarily from the ground surface spent for most of the race..........CONCRETE. Either you're built like "The Thing" from Fantastic Four or your legs will feel the hard, non-giving pounding of concrete for days after the race. Its relentless and being prepare means the right pair of shoes, long term core exercises to handle the stress or just plain luck to not have an effect at all. In the end, concrete will always win.

The course is however, on beautiful lake Shore Drive for most of the way. The clear view to the east and the fresh breeze of the lake is a wonderful thing. It beats running through a tight tree lined bike path of the north shore for another race a few weeks ago. For the view of the race and the tranquility of being next to the lakefront has his strengths. The spectators are not in abundance but the intersections at least offer a great deal of organized spectating worthwhile for runners. For a flat and fast course, this race is as tempting as all of the others for a PR. Only the weather would stand in your way of getting fantastic results. The pacers as always have and will always deliver caliber pacing for runners to reach their goal and CES provides that service fantastically.

I continue to hear of the horrors of Navy Pier and continues to be a not so great idea of organizers to use that place for anything. And to add pain to injury, the expo is so short that you are left wondering "why in the hell did I bother for just this". There are many other venues to offer great opportunities for runners and an experience worth attending for runners. Hope they get the point soon and I mean really soon.

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