669. Everything You Need to Know About the Chicago Marathon

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

It's almost time for the 45th running of the Chicago Marathon! The 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon will take place on Sunday, October 8, and this episode is packed with all the information you need before you head to the start line. (And yes, you really should plan to get there two hours early. We'll explain why!) The elite fields are stacked (Sisson! Hassan! Linden! Bates! Seidel! Scaroni! Schär!), and they'll be followed by tens of thousands of runners en route to 26.2-mile glory. Get ready. Get psyched. And get that Goose Island at the finish!

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What you'll get on this episode:

Chicago Marathon executive race director Carey Pinkowski talks about what to expect at this year's race (2:20)
How to get in, how to watch, and how Chicago is committed to sustainability (28:20)
What to know about getting to the start and navigating the athlete village (35:35)
Chris Wehrman ("Coach Worm") and Robyn LaLonde talk Chicago Marathon course strategy (48:45)
All about the finish line experience and tips for spectating (1:17:50)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:06.8	I'm your host Alley Feller and today I am here to help tell you everything you need
0:11.6	to know about the Chicago Marathon.
0:14.7	The 2023 Chicago Marathon is on October 8th and in addition to some seriously stacked
0:21.2	professional fields, I know so many of you are running this year's race or are planning
0:26.6	to be out cheering or watching on your home screens.
0:30.3	Throughout this episode you'll be hearing from a range of Chicago Marathon insiders and
0:34.1	experts to answer every single question you may have about this iconic race.
0:39.4	I am so excited to be heading to Chicago for the first time for this year's Chicago Marathon.
0:45.5	It'll be my first time at this race and my first time in the city.
0:49.4	I can't wait.
0:50.8	I'm really honored and so delighted to get to be a part of the finish line announcing
0:55.1	team.
0:56.1	You'll be able to find me shouting out names and hyping up finishers up on the photo bridge
0:59.9	from 1 to 6 p.m.
1:02.5	I will have just started chemotherapy so I'm not doing any live shows or meet ups while
1:06.6	I'm in Chicago.
1:07.6	But if you come across that line between 1 and 6, look up and give me a wave because you
1:12.3	did it.
1:13.3	And I'm so proud of you and look up anyway, you know the rule, no watch photos at the
1:17.9	finish line, look up, smile, raise those arms and triumph, then you can stop your watch.
1:22.8	We've got a lot to go through today.
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