Question:
Just went to and found out they
have stopped accepting registrations.
This was to be my first marathon
and I am really bummed I missed
the cutoff.
Is it normal
for Chicago to fill up this early
in the year? I am really caught
off guard by this. Is there any
chance to get in after registration
closes? Do they open a late registration
later or anything?
Are there any other marathons in
the area (Chicago-land) around the
same time? I hate to see my training
go for nothing.
One thing I was thinking today was
maybe I'd just run my own marathon
that day. My concern is lack of
support no water stations, no emergency
medical personnel, etc. Since this
is my first 26.2 miler, I'm just
not sure I should tackle it alone.
Answer:
What kind of preparation have you
done so far ? For example, how many
half marathon races have you run
? How many miles a week are you
running ? I mean,
from your comments, it sounds like
you're pretty new to this.
There's a reason registration for
most marathons closes early -- they
don't want people doing it on the
spur of the moment because the kind
of person who does that is probably
not well prepared.
Philadelphia marathon allows entry
until quite late.
Don't see the point of doing your
own marathon. If you're going to
run a race, then enter a race. If
you're going to do a training run,
go outside and do a training run.
