 | Race weekend schedule of events
Friday, October 11
Abbott Health & Fitness Expo; Packet pick-up
McCormick Place, North Building, Hall B
9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 12
Advocate Health Care International Chicago 5K
Daley Plaza (50 W. Washington Street)
Race start: 7:30 a.m.
Learn more at chicago5K.com.
Abbott Health & Fitness Expo; Packet pick-up
McCormick Place, North Building, Hall B
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, October 13
5:30 a.m. – Gear check opens
5:30 a.m. – Start corrals open
7:20 a.m. – Wave 1 (Red) start corrals close
7:20 a.m. – Marathon Wheelchair Start (men)
7:21 a.m. – Marathon Wheelchair Start (women)
7:22 a.m. – Handcycle Start
7:23 a.m. – Athletes with Disabilities Start
7:30 a.m. – Wave 1 Start
7:45 a.m. – Wave 2 (Blue) start corrals close
8:00 a.m. – Wave 2 Start
8:10 a.m. – Wave 3 (Orange) start corrals close
8:35 a.m. – Wave 3 Start
9:30 a.m. – Grant Park opens to spectators
9:30 a.m. – Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party starts
4:00 p.m. – Gear check closes
4:00 p.m. – Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party ends
Times are subject to change.
Download the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon mobile app
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon App, Powered by Tata Consultancy Services, is the perfect resource to prepare for the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Whether you're running or spectating, the free mobile app includes everything you'll need to be prepared for a great race week experience.
The 2019 mobile app features unlimited live race day runner tracking, elite athlete profiles, live broadcast streaming, real-time weather, an interactive course map, bib share, marathon store, event photos and much more! Available now on the App Store and Google Play.
Download the participant guide
The 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon participant guide includes all the key information you will need to be prepared for and ready to have a great race experience. This guide will serve as a step-by-step manual to assist participants during race week, from the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo to race morning in Grant Park and during the race itself.
Download your copy at chicagomarathon.com/participantguide.
Visit the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo
The Abbott Health & Fitness Expo features more than 180 exhibitors offering Bank of America Chicago Marathon merchandise and the latest in running footwear, apparel, nutrition and technology. Additionally, the Health & Fitness Expo is the home of the participant packet pick-up for all marathon participants. Held Friday and Saturday at Chicago's McCormick Place, the two-day Expo is free and open to the public. For more information on the Health & Fitness Expo, visit the Expo & packet pick-up page of chicagomarathon.com.
Please note: Participants must pick up their own participant packet at the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo during regularly scheduled hours. Individuals will not be able to pick up participant packets on behalf of others.
Run with us in 2020
Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Information about the 2020 Bank of America Chicago Marathon application window is now available on chicagomarathon.com! Learn how you can run 26.2 in Chicago on Sunday, October 11, 2020. - Applications for the non-guaranteed entry drawing and the official Charity Program will open on Monday, October 21.
- All other guaranteed entry applications will open on Monday, October 28.
Find out how to secure your entry to the 2020 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
Kick off and continue your 2020 running season with us at the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle and Bank of America Chicago 13.1. Learn more about each event at shamrockshuffle.com and chicago13point1.com!
Information presented by Molex
Information presented by Molex will be available throughout Grant Park on race day. Volunteers at information tents will be available to assist participants and spectators with event information, course maps and general event inquiries as well as lost and found items.
- On the east side of Michigan Avenue at 11th Street
- On the east side of Michigan Avenue at Harrison Street
- Within the Buckingham Fountain Gear Check facility (participant-only Information Tent)
- On the east side of Michigan Avenue at Jackson Drive
- The north side of Jackson Drive between Columbus Drive and Lake Shore Drive
- On the northwest corner of Ida B. Wells Drive and Columbus Drive
Bank of America Chicago Marathon Event Alert System
The color-coded Event Alert System (EAS) will communicate the status of course conditions to participants and spectators leading up to and on race day. The levels range from Low (green) to Moderate (yellow) to High (red) to Extreme (black) based primarily on the weather, as well as other conditions. Please keep an eye out for EAS communications throughout the week and on race day. For more information on the Event Alert System, click here.
Goose Island Post-race celebrations
Goose Island is proud to set the pace for race day refreshments in Chicago. Enjoy 312 Urban Wheat Ale or a Born + Raised Cream Ale at the Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party, in Grant Park's Butler Field, immediately after the race.
After the Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party, continue the celebration at one of the six Goose Island Post-Race Participant Celebrations throughout the city. Be one of the first three hundred and twelve runners to arrive wearing a 2019 finisher medal, at any of the six locations, and the first 312 Urban Wheat Ale is on the house!
Click here to see where the 2019 Goose Island post-race participant celebrations will take place at.
Goose Island pint glass engraving
Goose Island Beer Company is offering a free custom finish time engraving on your Goose Island Bank of America Chicago Marathon pint glass! Bring your Goose Island Chicago Marathon pint glass that you purchased at the 2019 Abbott Health & Fitness Expo to the participating Mariano's locations or the Goose Island Brewhouse during specified times. The engraving is on the house. Cheers to your 26.2 in the 312! Learn more.
Experience race weekend with Bank of America
 Join Bank of America at the Abbott Health and Fitness Expo and show how you have the power to go the distance! Track your distance trained or traveled using their distance calculator and hear from endurance industry experts in the Merrill lounge as you prepare for race day. Bank of America customers can register for a special shout out on the jumbotron in the Bank of America cheer zone located along Michigan Avenue between 16th Street and Roosevelt Road. Spectators get prepared to cheer on your runners with signs and noisemakers, available at the Bank of America booth and on-course in the Bank of America cheer zone.
Create a digital cheer card for your runner
 Biofreeze will be providing digital cheer cards on-course to help runners achieve their personal bests. Here's how it works:
- Visit Chicagomarathon.com/Biofreeze
- Search and select the runner's name
- Submit a message of support
- The message will be displayed on digital boards on course as a runner approach
Be sure to share with your supporters so they can submit their words of encouragement!
Advocate Health Care Recovery Monday
 Join us the day after the race, on Monday, October 14 for Recovery Monday presented by Advocate Health Care. Clinicians will be available to check on injuries, massage therapists will be providing muscle relief and yoga sessions will take place to get you back to where you need to be post-finish line.
Recovery Monday will take place at the Hilton Chicago in the Boulevard Rooms. All activities are available on a first-come first-served basis and are free and open to the public. Continue reading for a schedule of events.
Schedule of events* - Restorative vinyasa yoga sessions
9 a.m. and 11 a.m. - Massage Therapists and recovery
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Foam rollers
Spara Podiatry Massage Tool
Additional recovery equipment - Clinicians
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ready. Set. Fuel.
 Not quite sure how to fuel for the race? Whether you're a rookie or an experienced marathoner, nutrition is key to achieving your best time. Abbott dietitian and 23-time marathoner Pam Nisevich Bede has a few nutrition tips to help you conquer the course. Click here to read more.
Have specific questions? Pam is leading a panel at the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo on Saturday, October 12, at 1 p.m. Join her and a few first-time marathoners to help finetune your race prep and recovery rituals.
Racing toward a healthy finish
On race day, you bring your awesome. Abbott will bring the cowbells.
Abbott knows the course is long...but as you close in on the last 1.2 miles, they will be waiting with high fives. You'll see hundreds of Abbott employees and their families cheering you on at the "Abbott Cheer Zone" at mile 25. They will be making some noise and inspiring you to push toward the finish line.
Good luck on race day. Abbott can't wait to celebrate you! #lifetothefullest
Millennium Parking Garages
 Park here. Go anywhere with Millennium Garages! Race week is here. Do you have your parking yet? Use Millennium Garages and take advantage of our race day rate. Millennium Garages offers multi-day rates for those looking to extend their stay. Four underground parking garages are located along Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive and offer daily and multi-day parking with 24/7 access. Book your discounted, worry-free parking today! millenniumgarages.com/chicago-marathon/!
Take CTA from start to finish. Buy fares in advance!
 Take CTA to all the Bank of America Chicago Marathon weekend events! The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) encourages all participants and spectators to purchase CTA fares in advance to avoid waiting in long lines at the airports and on race day. Purchase fares in advance at ventrachicago.com or at station vending machines. Once you have your farecard, use the Ventra app for all your transportation needs, including managing your Ventra account, adding transit value or passes to your Ventra card, buying and using Metra mobile tickets and getting real-time arrivals for CTA, Pace and Metra. For more information, visit ventrachicago.com/app/
Go Airport Express
 GO Airport Express offers efficient and economical shared-ride shuttles from O'Hare and Midway airports. The GO Airport Express counters are in the baggage claim area of the airport. Shuttles depart every 15 to 20 minutes from O'Hare and every 20 to 25 minutes from Midway airport.
Book your shuttle now and pay only $20 per person for up to two riders. Groups of 3 or more will receive a greater discount and pay only $16 per person. Visit airportexpress.com/reservations to make a reservation or call 800.284.3826 and use the code "marathon." For private charters call 773.843.2420.
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Athletico tip of the month
 Here it comes! Many of you have been hard at work training for your upcoming marathons, and it's finally here! Click here to learn some suggestions for what you should be eating and drinking in preparation for the marathon!
Athletico would like to offer free assessments for any aches or pains you may experience. Click here to request an assessment at any of their 450+ clinics or online.
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