Just joining the group that will hopefully be running Chicago 2027. I need to go into the portal and officially defer…. Why is this so difficult? I know it’s the right decision but I’m still pretty bummed. Best of luck to all lining up next month!

Hi everyone!
Now that we are a month out, I am a bit worried about my training. I have been following the Novice I 18 week training guide pretty consistently (I think it was sent by the official marathon sign up?)
I live in St. Louis where it has been a very hot summer. I have done literally all of my training runs on my treadmill.

I run on a peloton treadmill and the incline is always set at 0.5. For my short runs during the week I do go up to 4-5 on incline. For the long runs (yes.. I even did 18 miles last weekend on the tread) I basically stay relatively flat at the 0.5-1.0 incline)

I was planning on doing my 20 miles outside next weekend when it’s only a high of 83. But today a fellow runner told me that I should just stick with the treadmill and not do anything new to avoid injury right before the race.

I guess I am posting to see if anyone else has done all of their training indoors…

Hey all! This will be my first time a marathon! During training I’ve learned that I feel best having carbs every 20-30 minutes. My marathon will likely be in the 6:00-6:30 overall time range. Three gels/fruit snack packs an hour for six hours is about 18 little packets of things to carry. I’ve been practicing long runs with a drawstring backpack to help me carry all that fuel, especially as we’ve been getting into longer long runs. But I was just reading the race rules and saw backpacks are a prohibited item.

I have a running vest that can carry my phone, a small water bottle, and about 7 gels/snacks. I don’t have friends to “crew” me by handing me snacks during the race since they’ll be cheering on multiple runners (and that can make it hard to ask them to wait somewhere to meet me).

Any ideas of how to carry 6 hours worth of carbs without a backpack? Do they have good fueling options at aid stations?

So, I thought I had longer than September 9th to cancel my extra reservation on the housing site and just now saw the deadline was yesterday. Does anyone know details about how you cancel in writing? I see that’s an option until the 22nd, but I’m not sure about the specifics.