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LSB AppsCourse Pace Band

A flat loop through the city

A pace band for the Chicago Marathon

Chicago is one of the flatter major marathons. The grade adjustment barely moves the pace, which is the point: if your band and a flat pace chart disagree by much, the goal time is doing the work, not the hills. Wind off the lake is the variable a course profile cannot see.

What to use the band for

The few feet of rise in this profile are approximate. Check the current course with the race organizer. $7 unlocks the printable band, the CSV, and three alternate goal times after the free 5 miles.

Build a Chicago band

Course Pace Band is a pacing chart, not a prediction that you will run the goal time, and not medical advice. Preset elevations are approximate planning profiles, not a survey. A GPX file is only as good as its elevation track. Heat, wind, and crowds will move the clock.