750. Everything You Need to Know About the Chicago Marathon

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

"Remember the entire journey, because it’s very special."

It’s almost time for the 46th running of the Chicago Marathon! The 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon will take place on Sunday, October 13, 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 (Bates! D'Amato! Saina! Chepngetich! Hall! Rojas! Rooker! Frisbie!), 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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In this episode:

Chicago Marathon executive race director Carey Pinkowski talks about what to expect at this year’s race (5:00))
How to get in, how to watch, and how Chicago is committed to sustainability (31:00)
What to know about getting to the start and navigating the athlete village (37:00)
Chris "Coach Worm" Wehrman and Robyn LaLonde talk Chicago Marathon course strategy (48:00)
All about the finish line experience and tips for spectating (1:17:40)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run show. I'm your host
0:07.1	Ali feller and today I am here to help tell you everything you need to
0:11.0	know about the Chicago Marathon. The Chicago Marathon
0:14.8	is one of the Abbott World Marathon majors and it's one of three majors in the
0:19.3	United States alongside Boston and New York City.
0:23.0	The 2024 Chicago Marathon is on Sunday, October 13th,
0:27.0	and in addition to some seriously stacked professional fields,
0:31.0	I know so many of you are running this year's race or planning to be out cheering
0:34.9	or watching on your home screens. Throughout this episode you'll be hearing from
0:38.7	a range of Chicago Marathon insiders and experts to answer every question you may have about this iconic race.
0:46.4	If you listened last year, most of the stuff in here is the same.
0:50.1	A few main updates from the Chicago event management team to share with you before we get into it.
0:55.4	First, gear check is a little different this year. In the past, the color of your gear check
1:01.0	tag corresponded with the color of your start wave
1:03.2	and corral this year that's not the case so make sure you pay attention and
1:07.7	take note of your separate gear check information and your starting
1:11.8	information second Chicago has a new check information and your starting information.
1:13.0	Second, Chicago has a new on-course gel partner,
1:16.8	which is Morton.
1:18.4	You'll be able to get Morton's regular and caffeinated
1:20.9	gel 100s three times on the course at mile 13.6, mile 18.1, and mile 23.
1:29.2	Take note here that the first time you'll be able to grab an on-course gel is at mile 13.6.
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