Seriously, the sweatshirt is fantastic. They should stick to selling them instead of running races.

My wife showed up to the expo with our 1 year old, and people insisted she cut in line, which saved her what sounded like a 3 hour wait.

The start was such a mess. I was about in the middle of the pack and it took about 40 minutes before was running. The crowd was thick for like the first 3-4 miles, and even after that I had to weave through people for most of the Race.

The course itself was OK, but nothing to really make it better than any of the other Chicago races and rationalize all the waiting.

The chocolate at the end was OK. A cute novelty, but really just no big deal.