2025 CHICAGO MARATHON PREDICTIONS SHOW | PRESENTED BY HOKA (LIVE)
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
CITIUS MAG
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2025
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Join CITIUS MAG hosts Eric Jenkins, Karen Lesiewicz, Paul Hof-Mahoney and Mac Fleet as they break down the biggest storylines of the 2025 Chicago Marathon. Some of the topics the crew dives into include:
- What to expect for weather and the course
- Who to watch in both the men's and women's elite fields
- Top American men and women who are looking to shake things up
- Race winner predictions
- Top American predictions
- Predictions on what Conner Mantz will run
+ More
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Read: Chicago Marathon preview article
Listen: Chicago Marathon preview podcast
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Hosts: Eric Jenkins | @_ericjenkins on Instagram, Karen Lesiewicz | @karen_les on Instagram, & Paul Hof-Mahoney | @phofmahoney on Instagram
Produced by: Mac Fleet | @macfleet on Instagram & Jasmine Fehr | @jasminefehr on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome everyone to the Sidious Mag preview show. |
| 0:07.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:08.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:09.0 | We're out here at Happy Camper in Old Town. |
| 0:12.0 | Do not get it mixed up with the other Happy Camper in Brigleyville. |
| 0:15.0 | We are going to be here posted up all weekend long, giving you coverage. |
| 0:19.0 | We got the interviews, the preview, a watch along tomorrow for the actual marathon on Sunday, October 12th. |
| 0:27.3 | We're here. |
| 0:28.3 | We're covering the Chicago Marathon. |
| 0:30.0 | You both have never been to Chicago. |
| 0:32.4 | First timers. |
| 0:33.7 | First timers club. |
| 0:34.9 | Okay. |
| 0:35.4 | I live in Chicago, very different. Initial vibes. Initial vibes of Chicago. |
| 0:41.4 | Paul, you can be my, be my guest. I'm really, like, in Chicago so far. I'm a really big fan of, like, big buildings. |
| 0:51.6 | Oh. They fascinate me, because there aren't any in Florida. |
| 0:55.8 | Welcome. So, I know, like driving in, uh, from, we flew into Midway. So driving in on Thursday |
| 1:02.6 | night was awesome. I haven't gone to like the base of the Willis Tower yet. That's on the |
| 1:07.5 | I titter C's Sears Tower. That's on the itinerary for today. But yeah, it's, |
| 1:13.2 | we got deep dish last night. Where'd you go? Which? Oh, you didn't ask me, Paul. |
| 1:19.3 | Well, Chris, I wouldn't have sent you there. Chris gave us two recommendations. Oh, okay. And they were both |
| 1:24.0 | either far away or all reserved. So what were the recommendations? I've heard a lot about the only name I know is Lumal Nottis. Yes. For Deep Dish. Yep. And that's it. So the one Chris gave us was, I'm not even going to try and pronounce it, but it's like Piquodsods. It's Piquots. And that's where I would have sent you. |
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