Chicago Marathon 2023

Live Stream, TV Coverage, Course, Start Time, Date

The Chicago marathon, which is still taking place under the sponsorship of the Bank of America, has continued to grow in scale and popularity, celebrating it's 45th year, the event is recognised as an IAAF Gold Label race, as well as representing one of the 6 global mararthon majors, along with Boston, New York, London, Berlin and Tokyo - prestigious company indeed.

The marathon is subject to a time limit of 6 and a half hours and as such tends to attract the more serious level of athletes to compete and a time qualifying standard is required to register for the race, although there is also a general lottery drawn to fill the final spaces.

As is typical with many of the more popular events, charity registration is also a popular way to enter the race, with a guaranteed fundraising level getting you access to a number of charities with late registration rights, with both local and global charities keen to use the race as a fundraising opportunity.

Date

The Chicago Marathon 2023 will take place on 8th October and they are expecting a field size of 45,000 runners!

Start time

The marathon traditionally gets underway at 7.20am local time from Grant Park.

Course Map

The Chicago Marathon route is on a large loop around the city, both starting and finishing in Grant Park.

Key features of the route include the downtown area, LaSalle Street, Michigan Avenue, Wrigley Field, the United Center and Soldier Field.

See a full map of the race route, including the best viewing spots and facilities such as aid stations here:

Chicago marathon course map

Social & Streaming

There has been plenty of live online coverage of the Chicago marathon in recent years via popular providers such as Universal Sports and Watch Athletics. We will be keeping a close eye on the streaming availability for this year and post any links here.

This year the marathon is being covered live on TV by new broadcast hosts NBC5 who will be covering the whole event live. This is also available as a live online webcast stream that you can watch here:

Chicago marathon stream

Also, Telemundo Chicago will be covering the event from 7am: Chicago Marathon 2023 Live Coverage

You might like to check out some of the wide range of live webcam views from Chicago, taking you live to key points along the course and throughout the city:

Chicago webcams

Hotels and Accommodation

If you would like to stay in Chicago during the marathon weekend then we recommend making your reservation well in advance.

You can check availability and make reservations for local hotels here.

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