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Chicago Marathon Logo for the Chicago Marathon Date Second Sunday in October (before Columbus Day) Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Event type Road Distance 26.219 miles (42.195 km) Established 1977 ; 48 years ago (1977) Last held 2024 Course records M: 2:00:35 * WR (2023 – Kelvin Kiptum) F: 2:09:56 [* WR pend. ratification] (2024 – Ruth Chepngetich) Official site chicagomarathon ...
The Chicago Marathon has a reputation of being one of the fastest marathon courses in the world due to the flat course and favorable autumn temperatures. [6] The Chicago Marathon has been the site of six world records in the distance, with the most recent coming in 2023 when Kelvin Kiptum set a world record of 2:00:35.
The World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. A points-based competition founded on seven major marathon races recognised as the most high-profile on the calendar, the series comprises annual races for the cities ...
The 2025 Boston Marathon will be held on April 21, 2025. Registration is now closed for the race, and was open between Sept. 9 and Sept. 13. The 130th Boston Marathon will be on April 20, 2026.
For women, the qualifying standard was 2 hours and 37 minutes or faster in the marathon, or 1 hour and 12 minutes or faster in the half marathon. Qualifying times had to be run between Jan. 1 ...
Charlton's Lucy Harmon, who starred with her family at Shepherd Hill, has worked hard to transform herself into a long distance runner, and it has paid off with a strong showing at the Chicago ...
[9] [10] At the 2023 Chicago Marathon, Young earned seventh place overall and second American with a time of 2:08:00, a time that met the Olympic qualifying standard of 2:08:10. [11] [12] Young entered the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials with the second fasted seed time with his 2:08 mark from the 2023 Chicago Marathon.
Approximately 1,500 runners from Florida had registered to participate in this year’s Chicago Marathon, with deferral requests continuing to be processed, a spokesperson confirmed.