Chicago Half Marathon

Chicago Half Marathon
Runners on Lake Shore Drive in the Kenwood community area on the South Side of Chicago (2007)
Dateevery September
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
EstablishedOctober 5, 1997
Course records- (men)
- (women)
Official sitewww.chicagohalfmarathon.com

The Chicago Half Marathon or Chicago Half Marathon & 5K is an annual half marathon and 5k run occurring in September on the South Side of Chicago. The race takes place on a largely out-and-back course along Lake Shore Drive with views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline.

The race is regarded as a premier half marathon event, with Runner's World naming it as one of the top 10 half marathons in the United States.[1] Susan Nicholl is the race director and founder of the event.[2] With 20,000 registrants and 13,537 finishers in 2009,[3] the race bills itself as the fifth largest half marathon in the United States and the 21st largest road running event in the country.[4]

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, this race is known as "The People's Race".[5]

  1. ^ "Illinois > Chicago Half Marathon & 5K". HalfMarathons.Net. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  2. ^ Houlihan, Mike (September 19, 2004). "Half Marathon: 'It's a very sexy race'". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 24.
  3. ^ "2009 Chicago Half Marathon & 5K - Half Marathon". The Active Network, Inc. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "14th Annual Chicago Half Marathon & 5K". Chicago Half Marathon. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Mix". Chicago Sun-Times. September 11, 1998. p. 3.

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