ON YOUR MARKS…
More than 40,000 people are expected to take part Sunday in the 41st Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Here’s what you need to know if you’re planning to go to the event, which starts and ends at Grant Park. RACE SCHEDULE
Starting times are staggered.
7:20 a.m.: Men wheelchair racers 7:21 a.m.: Women wheelchair racer 7:22 a.m.: Handcyclers
7:23 a.m.: Athletes with disabilities 7:30 a.m.: Wave 1
8 a.m.: Wave 2
8:35 a.m.: Wave 3
HOW TO WATCH
NBC5 will broadcast the marathon beginning at 7 a.m.
If you prefer to watch from a spot along the race route, organizers and city officials are urging spectators to take the L.
Head to Grand Avenue between Columbus Drive and State Street to see the start of the race, or anywhere along State Street between Grand and Jackson Boulevard.
For the finish, go to the “Bank of America cheer zone” at South Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road.
Here’s where to get off the L to get to other spots on the race route:
• Grand and State Red Line station: Exit at Grand and State (Mile 1). Walk three blocks west to La Salle Street (Mile 3) and four blocks west to Wells Street (Mile 12.5).
• Monroe Street Red Line station: Exit at Monroe Street (Mile 2). • Chicago Avenue Red Line station: Walk three blocks west to La Salle Street (Mile 3.5) and four blocks west to Wells Street (Mile 12.25). • Clark/Division Red Line station: Exit at La Salle Street (Mile 4). Walk one block west to Wells Street (Mile 12).
• Sheridan Red Line station: Walk four blocks east to Broadway (Mile 8). • Addison Red Line station: Walk four blocks east to Broadway (Mile 8.5). • Sedgwick Brown Line station: Exit at Sedgwick Street. Walk a half-block north to North Avenue (Mile 11). • Washington/Wells station: Get here from the Brown Line, Pink Line or Orange Line. Walk one block west on Washington Street to Franklin Street (Mile 13.5).
• UIC-Halsted Blue Line station:
Use the Halsted Street exit or Morgan Street exit. Walk two blocks north to Adams Street (Mile 14.25). Or use the Halsted Street or Morgan Street exits, and walk one block north to Jackson Boulevard (Mile 17).
• 18th Street Pink Line station: Walk four blocks east to Loomis Street (Mile 19). • Cermak-Chinatown Red Line station: Exit at Cermak-Chinatown (Mile 21.5).
• Sox-35th Red Line station: Use the 33rd Street exit (Mile 23). Walk two blocks east on 35th to State Street (Mile 23.25).
• 35th-Bronzeville-ITT Green Line
station: Use the 33rd Street exit (Mile 23) or 35th Street exit (Mile 23.25).
• Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line station: Walk two blocks east to Michigan Avenue (Mile 25).
• Roosevelt Road station: Get here from the Red Line, Green Line or Orange Line. Walk east on Roosevelt toward the museum campus and Grant Park (finish line).
TRANSIT REROUTES
These CTA buses will be rerouted starting Thursday and continuing through Monday:
• No. 2 Hyde Park Express
• No. 6 Jackson Park Express
• No. 7 Harrison
• No. J14 Jeffery Jump
• No. 26 South Shore Express
• No. 28 Stony Island
• No. 126 Jackson
• No. 132 Goose Island Express
• No. 142 Stockton/Michigan Express • No. 147 Outer Drive Express