Hey, it's Jason Mark, and this weekend, our beautiful city will host the annual Chicago Marathon.

Now, I'm not a runner. In the warmer months, you'll often find me with a fishing pole in my hand,

or maybe playing catch with my boys. But every year here in Chicago, tens of thousands of people

hit the pavement to take part in 5Ks,, 10-case, half-marathons,

marathons, and run walks of varying lengths.

Multiple websites are devoted to people specifically searching out these events, more than a hundred taking place in the city of Chicago every year.

We're back on the streets of Chicago and ready for racing.

More than 20,000 strong decked out in green and running down the heart of Chicago.

This morning, the hot chocolate 15K, 5K return to Chicago.

About this year's turkey drop, 5K.

This allows people from all around the world to come here and run through our neighborhood.

And we got a question from a listener who wanted to know what the process is like to get permission to hold one of these events and what kind of rules they need to follow.

Well, in a city where you need a permit for everything from

fixing up your house to selling food out of a cart, you know the process isn't necessarily

as cut and dry is filling out the online form. In theory, all you have to do is if you've got a

computer, you can go on their website and there's applications. Yeah, in theory. So we decided to reach out to a guy

who helps put together Chicago's ultra-marathons to find out what hoops people need to jump through

to put on a run or walk in Chicago. Wait a minute, I just paid a $200 application fee.

And they said, yeah, that's the application fee.

The permit fee is $100.

And it was like, you're not even doing anything.

Yep, give us $100 or you don't get the permit.

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