The race started and ended at Navy Pier. Even though it is a tourist trap it was nice to have a change of scenery. The one thing that stunk for the slower runners was the course wasn't roped off so tourists were flooding the course.

Parking was validated for $4. That cannot be beat.

Post race stretching was nice, food great, gear check standard, vendors unique (one of them was a cheese vendor, I LOVED the medal. It spins. Bib material was weird, but that isn't a big deal. Shirts were weird. Hooded semi tech shirts that fit weird. I liked the reusable bags, I use mine all the time.

I am pretty positive I will be running this race again this year.