Chicago Marathon Weather Forecasts And Providing

The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon is a major marathon held yearly in Chicago in Cook County Illinois United States the race has achieved its elite status among marathons by developing relationship with sponsors who provide prize money to lure elite runners who have produced American and world record performances There is no qualifying time to participate in the Chicago Marathon.



The disappointed runners maintain that the organisers should have been better prepared for example by checking the weather forecasts and providing enough water to keep all runners hydrated Runners come from around the world to take advantage of Chicago's fairly flat landscape which aids in their speed and is accredited to be the reason a number of marathon world records have been set in the Windy City some runners seemed to welcome the excuse to escape the steaming sauna that the race had turned into.



That first race began in Evanston and finished in front of a standing room only paying crowd at Washington Park race track In a stunning upset With that first race the Chicago Marathon began an annual run of epic races that continued until the early 1920s on a revised course that largely resembles today's marathon route Over the years elite fields included Olympic champions world records were continually sought and the marathon continued to inspire Chicago communities and spectators until challenges of the early sidelined the event.