Official 2024 Chicago Marathon Live Discussion Thread (race is at 8:30 am ET on Sunday)

Wheres the supporters club meet up? Live audience for your Friday preview?

48+ hrs in advance? Feels like we're lining up. TBF.....looking fwd to Sunday funday.

Oh joy! NBC Chicago has always had the absolutely most annoying marathon coverage every year, that I've ever seen. I would advise having whatever rage-relieving mechanism you need close at hand - hard alcohol, tranquilizers, pillow to punch and strangle, etc. (you should warn your spouse and keep the dog away).

There's the cutie out on the street with the weather update, which we need every 10 minutes (while the major moves are being made), the men in dresses dance-kick water table - "OMG, this is so WILD and CRAZY!!" (while some heavy favorite has disappeared from the lead pack with no explanation). the "I'm here on the curb watching for my boyfriend's cousin who's running in memory of his parakeet that died" person (while the pack has disappeared and the apparent winner is way ahead). Don't believe me?? Just wait!

One year Bekele ran Chicago and he dropped out of the pack and no mention was made about it. AAArrrggghhhh!!

Will I be watching? Absolutely.

cool!

anyone know a live stream for a poor swedish mf?

wud b grateful.

stream NBC 5 Chicago

Does nobody have any opinions of possible top threes

Eurosport?

Will Fox break 2:20?

Eurosport has it thank f***. I don't think I could put up with having to watch another year of nbc

If you renewed your Peacock subscription for this, you will be sorely disappointed.

Anyone else sobbing into their coffee after watching the Kelvin Kiptum memorial segment? 😢

Somebody should indeed do a parody of “what would a football game look like if it was covered the same way as a marathon”

Test

Sobbing? This is not happening. It is sad he is gone but please pull yourself together.

Get ready for the next hour of coverage to be devoted almost entirely on the wheelchair runners.

Here’s the weather guy

Jemal Yimer was not mentioned in the LRC preview but I think he has a chance here. After being a promising 10k/HM runner he struggled to transition to the marathon a couple years ago with a few DNFs and underperformances. He won LA Marathon last yer but his first really good marathon was this spring winning Seoul in 2:06, this will be a step up from that race but I think he's worth a mention and still has room for improvement considering his 58:33 HM PB