Chicago Marathon: Insider's Guide with Carey Pinlowski
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🗓️ 2 October 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
What makes The Chicago Marathon a special member of the World Marathon Series, and what makes the city that hosts it so special itself?
In 2019 the Chicago Marathon will be held on Sunday, October 13 and in this episode, we are privileged to have Carey Pinkowski, Executive Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon talking to us direct from Chicago.
Carey shares some of the "inside stuff" to help race participants, as well as spectators, understand and enjoy how the race comes together; how to qualify, how to deal with race logistics, where it starts, where it finishes, where to stay, course details, best things to do in the city, etc.
Since 1990, Carey has served as Executive Director and has seen the race grow from 6,000 runners in 1990 to 44,341 finishers in 2017, including runners from all 50 states and more than 130 countries.
In addition to being an exciting race to participate in with a big purse for top athletes, the Chicago Marathon charity program has raised more than $167,000,000 for local, national, and global causes since 2002.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | If you think about Chicago in general, this is such a great sports community and it's got such a great sports energy. |
| 0:12.0 | People come out to watch it from the Midwest |
| 0:14.1 | that come over to watch friends and family members |
| 0:16.3 | on race day, so there's a great deal of people |
| 0:18.6 | that come to Chicago and watch the event |
| 0:21.0 | but also discover some amazing neighborhoods and get to meet some great people. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:47.0 | This is Stephanie Kay Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, coach, and host for the Run to the |
| 0:52.3 | top podcast. 2019 the Chicago marathon |
| 0:56.8 | will be held on October 13th and I asked the marathon staff if they would share |
| 1:01.6 | some of the inside stuff that will help |
| 1:04.1 | race participants understand and enjoy how the race comes together. How to |
| 1:08.5 | qualify, how to deal with race logistics, where it starts, where it finishes, where to stay, course details, best things to do in the city, etc, etc. |
| 1:17.6 | And today we are lucky enough to have Carrie Pinckowski, Executive Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, talking to us direct from Chicago. |
| 1:28.0 | Welcome, Carrie. |
| 1:30.0 | Hello Stephanie, how are you? |
| 1:31.0 | Thank you for having me on run to the Top. This is going to be fun. We're |
| 1:35.2 | getting to talk about the Bank of America of Chicago Marathon. |
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