The Chicago Half Marathon was my third race and I would never run this race again. I'm sorry but the race route down and back LSD was very boring. There was absolutely nothing to look at (except other runners) while running...Very, VERY boring. The swag you get for running this race isn't much better. I gave my very female running shit to my sister and had to cab it all the way back to the north-side. With that said for a race taking place in a major city, it was very hard to get to.