Schaumburg Half Marathon & 5k Turkey Trot

Nice race to end the Chicago running season. Ran the half at the end of the year. Pretty flat course (with the exception of a couple of bridges). You run through a park, so the scenery is not bad, but also fairly undifferentiated throughout. Limited crowd participation except at the end.

This was a fun half marathon. It was super cold in 2014… but fun. Lots of random runners before the race talking to each other, being super friendly just so to keep your mind off the very cold run that is going to happen.
It’s mostly trails for this half marathon and you see some duplicates. Hills weren’t really an issue. But, they could have done better in terms of a quality control check and had some of the road/​trails salted to get rid of the ice patches.
Lot’s of random icy spots along the course that were very slippery and could have hurt some runners. Not sure if there were any accidents, but at least the runners are very considerate to each other as they warn you ahead of time.
At post race, they gave out the finisher medal and had plenty of goodies as well. They gave out a pretty nice long sleeve fleece sweater to all runners. I will definitely be wearing that during my winter runs here in Illinois.
I wouldn’t mind doing this again. Friendly people, great perks, pretty cheap… hopefully they will salt the roads next time.
Note to self 2014: 1:48:53