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Mike Kruger
Guest
Bob, you might find consolation in this:
The Chicago Lakeshore Marathon, which is a qualifying race for the
Boston and Chicago marathons, gets a long front page article in the
Chicago Tribune today for being 1 mile too long. The half-marathon was
also too long. (This makes everybody's time longer, and lots of people
are close to the time cutoff for these events.)
The woman who was in first place most of the way through the
half-marathon got directed off-course and ran an extra mile. She
finished third.
Runners throughout the area are calling for the organizer's head. They
are not being polite about it, either.
The Chicago Lakeshore Marathon, which is a qualifying race for the
Boston and Chicago marathons, gets a long front page article in the
Chicago Tribune today for being 1 mile too long. The half-marathon was
also too long. (This makes everybody's time longer, and lots of people
are close to the time cutoff for these events.)
The woman who was in first place most of the way through the
half-marathon got directed off-course and ran an extra mile. She
finished third.
Runners throughout the area are calling for the organizer's head. They
are not being polite about it, either.