CARA CERTIFIED

This race has applied for and received the Chicago Area Runners Association designation as a CARA CERTIFIED RACE. This race has agreed to adhere to and uphold CARA’s Best Practices Guidelines. These Guidelines embody the highest standards for quality, safety and comfort for participants in a road race.

Due to CARA’s advocacy efforts, runners in the Chicagoland area enjoy some of the highest quality road races in the country. To view the Guidelines and to learn more about CARA, visit www.cararuns.org.

The Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding, motivating, supporting and celebrating the running community of Chicagoland. CARA connects runners to resources that enable them to run – further, faster, better, for life.

Professionally Timed

Runners will be timed utilizing the services of Northern Illinois premier race management service provider: Race Time. The timing company will use a gun start; all runners will have the same start time. To comply with CARA guidelines, runners will be arranged at the starting line with faster runners at the front and slower runners behind.  All walkers and any strollers will need to be at the very back.

USATF CERTIFIED

Courses must be certified for any road running performance to be accepted as a record or to be nationally ranked. Furthermore, running a race on a certified course allows you to accurately compare your time to performances run on other certified courses because you can be sure the distances were the same. No one can truly establish a personal best if the course distance is not accurate. Our course has been certified by the USATF and a copy of the certificate can be viewed by clicking the link below.