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Chicago Marathon Set for Sunday With Staggered Starts, Street Closures and Live Coverage

Finalized logistics signal a tightly run major with early road closures plus live local coverage.

Runners make their way down State Street in the first miles of the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13, 2024, through the Loop. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
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Overview

  • Race day begins in Grant Park with wheelchair starts at 7:20 a.m. CT, followed by Wave 1 at 7:30 a.m., Wave 2 at 8:00 a.m., and Wave 3 at 8:35 a.m.
  • City notices detail no‑parking enforcement and towing from 1:00 a.m. Sunday, with the course closed to vehicle traffic from 6:00 a.m. to roughly 4:00 p.m.
  • Live coverage starts at 7 a.m. on NBC5 Chicago with streams on NBCChicago.com and TelemundoChicago.com, plus an exclusive finish‑line camera from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Organizers expect more than 50,000 runners across 29 neighborhoods, with tracking available through the official app featuring unlimited live updates and 11 leaderboards.
  • Elite fields feature defending champion John Korir against Jacob Kiplimo, U.S. hope Conner Mantz, women’s favorite Megertu Alemu, and wheelchair stars Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner.