| News From: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Registration Open For Chicago Marathon!
(Chicago Now)
Less than two-hundred and fifty days remain before the start of the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Mararthon kicks off. The event has a capacity of forty-five thousand runners and should fill before the October 10 starting date.
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| News From: Monday, January 4, 2010 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Dave and Dan - The Countdown Begins
(Chicago Now)
Dan Malinski was over three-hundred pounds when he decided to make a change. He wanted to get in shape and run the Chicago Marathon while raising money for the American Heart Association. His first training run of 2010 started in Grant Park on New Years Day
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| News From: Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Active.com Admits Blowing it with Chicago Marathon Runner Tracking
(Time Out Chicago)
Many runners in the Chicago Marathon were fired up to have their race progress sent to family and friends and spectator alike were excited to follow multiple runners in the Chicago Marathon. Active.com's technological glitch prevented the progress from happening as promised.
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| News From: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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All Hail King Samuel Wanjiru
(Daily Nation)
Samuel Wanjiru was in celebration mode as he approached the finish line of the Chicago Marathon not recognizing that he was in contention to break the course record and collect monetary bonus.
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Deena Kastor has Nightmare Race in Chicago, But is all Smiles
(World-Track)
Despite finishing sixth and mentioning a sore foot, Deena Kastor still ran the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 50 seconds in her return marathon since dropping out of the Beijing Olympics
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Marathon Runners Face Increased Risk of Illness This Week, Expert Says
(Chicago Tribune)
Participants of the Chicago Marathon might feel a cold coming on this week. Marathon runners are six times more likely to become ill in the week following a marathon race.
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| News From: Monday, October 12, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Chicago 'too cold,' But Russian Women Still Dominate Marathon
(Chicago Tribune)
The Chicago marathon seemed to serve up perfect conditions for Russian born women as the top three women finishers were born in Russia. Liliya Shobukhova took home top honors with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 56 seconds
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| News From: Sunday, October 11, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Chicago Marathon Champ Samuel Wanjiru Nearly Waved $100000 Bonus Goodbye
(Chicago Tribune)
Samuel Wanjiru won the Chicago Marathon with at time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 41 seconds enough for a course record and a huge prize money bonus. He had no idea how close he was to the record.
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| News From: Saturday, October 10, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Kenyan Marathoner Hoping to Win Chicago, But Record May Have to Wait
(New York Times)
Samuel Wanjiru is the reigning Olympic Marathon Champion and is hopeful of winning the Chicago Marathon. Wanjiru hope to run 2 hours and 4 or 5 minutes and a new course record but may have to wait for a new world record until he runs Berlin, one of the fastest marathon courses, next fall.
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| News From: Friday, October 9, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Experts Offer Tips for Chilly Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Tribune)
Experts from the Rush University Medical Center are telling runners to dress in layers and remove them as they warm up in Sunday's Chicago Marathon were starting temps are expected to be in the mid thirties.
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Wanjiru Main Attraction in Chicago Marathon
(Daily Nation)
The thirty-second annual Chicago Marathon will play host to Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru who is in the lead in the World Marathon Majors standing with 65 points. A first or second place will guarantee him the top spot and a half million in prize money.
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Wanjiru On Top of World
(Chicago Tribune)
Samuel Wanjiru landed in Chicago on Thursday after a grueling travel schedule from Kenya. The Kenyan born runner is making and estimated two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars just for appearing in the Chicago Marathon. A trip well worth the taking.
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| News From: Thursday, October 8, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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How to Spot a Runner in the Chicago Marathon
(Time Out Chicago)
More than forty-thousand runners will compete in the Chicago Marathon. Chicago has instituted an online tracking device to follow your athlete throughout the race. Knowing the predicted athlete pace and picking a viewing spot early on will also help find a specific athlete.
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Marathon Man Korir Seeks Running Greatness via Chicago Marathon
(University of Louisville)
Wesley Korir works in the maintenance department at the University of Louisville. Korir started the 2008 Chicago Marathon and finished fourth despite a five minute delay in his starting time behind the elite field.
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| News From: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Marathon Champions Descend Upon Windy City for Chicago Marathon
(The Sports Network)
Two races remain on the 2009 Marathon Majors season. Former champions Evans Cheruiyot, Lidiya Grigoryeva and Deena Kastor will return to vie for the top prize along with London Marathon and 2008 Olympic Champion Samuel Wanjiru.
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| News From: Monday, October 5, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Running From Recession: Runner Chases Job, Marathon Dream
(Daily Herald)
Bob Dunn lost his management position this year and decided to join forty-five thousand other runners running in the Chicago Marathon because he now has the time to train for the 26.2 mile distance.
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| News From: Saturday, October 3, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Blind Runner's Call for Help Brings 100 Offers
(Sun Times)
David Kuhn has been slowly losing his eyesight from being struck by a drunk driver. The 57 year-old put out a call for a guide runner to help him through the Chicago Marathon and more than 100 offers have been returned.
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| News From: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Chicago Marathon Mural Uses Footprints to Form Running Figures
(Chicago Tribune)
The mural along Kennedy Expressway at North Avenue will show what is afoot on October 11. The mural, made up of individual footprints, will outline the images of runners and spectators of the Chicago Marathon.
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Irina Mikitenko to Run Chicago Marathon
(Earth Times)
Irina Mikitenko will run the Chicago Marathon on October 11. Mikitenko withdrew from the World Championships in Berlin in August after winning the 2009 London Marathon
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| News From: Thursday, September 3, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Bank of America Goes Digital In Chicago Marathon Efforts
(Marketing Daily)
A digital fund-raising effort for the Chicago Marathon is being launched by Bank of America. Nearly eight-thousand runners are racing in the October 11 marathon and raising money for one-hundred and twenty-three charities.
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| News From: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Runners Gear Up For the Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2009
(MyBankTracker)
The first Chicago Marathon was held in 1977 with four-thousand, two-hundred runners. This year the runners can go to the website and design their shoe tread for the race and a one-dollar donation will be sent to one of twenty-five charities.
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| News From: Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Bank of America Aims to Show Chicago Marathon's Impact
(Chicago Sun Times)
The Chicago Marathon has been a big deal to the city of Chicago for nearly three decades and the presenting sponsor, Bank of America, is working on a fifty-thousand dollar ad campaign to show the impact that the marathon has on runners, charities, and the city.
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| News From: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Olympic gold medalist Wanjiru makes U.S. marathon debut in Chicago
(Examiner.com)
Sammy Wanjiru ran to gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with a marathon time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 32 seconds. His PR of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 10 seconds will be his focus at the 2009 Chicago Marathon where Wanjiru hopes to not only break his own record but set a new world record on the flat and fast course.
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| News From: Monday, July 20, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Olympic Champion May Make Run at Marathon Record in the Chicago Marathon
(The New York Times)
Olympic Champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya will try to set a world record in the Chicago Marathon in October. To many, his run in the Beijing Olympics marathon was the greatest marathon run ever.
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| News From: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Deena Kastor to try for marathon comeback in Chicago
(Chicago Examiner)
Best known for her bronze medal at the Athens Olympics, Deena Kastor will make a run at her comeback from her 2008 foot injury during Beijing Olympics by competing for the women's title at the October Chicago Marathon.
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| News From: Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Chicago Marathon closes registration
(Journal Sentinel)
The 2009 edition of the famed Chicago Marathon closed its doors to further registrations having reached its capacity of 45,000 runners for the October 11 race. Last year 31,343 runners finished the 26.2 mile distance.
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| News From: Monday, March 23, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Roselle Woman Forms Marathon Team to Help Marklund
(Daily Herald)
An Illinois woman is forming a group to run the Chicago Marathon, in order to raise money and awareness for the charity that helped her developmentally disabled daughter.
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| News From: Monday, February 2, 2009 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Registration open for Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Sun-Times)
The 2009 edition of the Chicago Marathon opened registration for the 32 annual 26.2 mile race. The $125 entry fee has not stopped the race from filling to capacity earlier every year.
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| News From: Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Post-Race Review/ Results |
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Kurt Fearnley Wins Wheelchair Division of Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Tribune)
The winner of the Paralympics Marathon in Beijing won the Wheelchair division a the 2008 Chicago Marathon.
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Conditions Right For Lidiya Grigoryeva At The Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Tribune)
Lidiya Grigoryeva won the women's division at the 2008 Chicago Marathon with here time of 2:27:17.
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American Desiree Davila's Patience Pays Off In Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Tribune)
Desriee Davilla's time of 2:31:33 was good for a fifth place finish in the women's race at the 2008 Chicago Marathon. She was also the top female American finisher.
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Grand Kenyan Evans Cheruiyot Wins Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Sun-Times)
Running in just his second marathon, Evans Cheruiyot won the 2008 Chicago Marathon in 2:06:27.
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Chicago Marathon sends 61 to hospitals
(Chicago Sun-Times)
Of the 45,000 who registered for the Chicago marathon, 33,033 started the race. Dr. George Chiampas, medical director for the marathon, said there were 110 calls for medical transport during the race, including people transported to medical-aid tents along the race course. Of the 110, 61 runners were taken to hospitals.
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Another Hot and Steamy Marathon in Chicago
(The New York Times)
After running the Chicago Marathon on a cloudless day with the temperature in the mid-80s, 30 degrees too warm for an optimum race of 26.2 miles most of the 33,000 participants place the provided ice bags on their heads to cool down. Evans Cheruiyot of Kenya won Sunday in 2 hours 6 minutes 25 seconds. Lidiya Grigoryeva of Russia took the womens race in 2:27:17. For the average runners, the ones who stayed on the course for four hours or more, their faces red with heat and exertion, simply crossing the finish line was victory enough.
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Cheruiyot wins Chicago Marathon
(KBC)
Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot won the Chicago marathon title in a close race. Cheruiyot won $140,000 in prize and bonus money, and Russian Grigoryeva took home the $100,000 first place women's winner's check.
The victory did not come easy for the 26 year-old Cheruiyot as he broke away from runner-up David Mandago, 30, of Kenya in the 25th mile and won the men's race by a minute and 12 seconds in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 25 seconds.
Mandago was second.
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| News From: Sunday, October 12, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Reneau top U.S. male finisher in Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Tribune)
Jeff Reneau finished 10th in the 1968 Olympic marathon trials and 11th in the 1969 Boston Marathon. His son wrestled in high school and college but managed to express his father's genes by becoming the highest U.S. Finisher at the Chicago Marathon by placing 7th with a time of 2 hours and 16 minutes.
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| News From: Saturday, October 11, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Verizon Wireless Keeps Chicago Marathon Running
(Market Watch)
Verizon Wireless has deployed a COW (Cell on Wheels) at the Chicago Marathon site to provide additional voice and high-speed data capacity for the tens of thousands of marathoners and fans expected to descend upon downtown Chicago to support their friends and family as they cross the finish line. The extra cell coverage will come in handy for the one million plus spectators and a spike of nearly 200 percent usage during the marathon.
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Chicago Marathon: Olympic champ changes game plan
(Southtown Star)
Constantina Tomescu-Dita won't be playing her customary game of "catch me if you can" Sunday at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Eight weeks removed from her breakaway gold-medal run at Beijing, the 38-year-old Romanian says she'll try something different against a field that includes two-time defending champion Berhane Adere, of Ethiopia, and 2007 runner-up Adriana Pirtea, of Romania. She is going to stay with the pack.
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| News From: Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
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Adere goes for three-peat in Chicago Marathon
(The International Daily News)
Two-time champion Berhane Adere will try to become the first woman to win three straight Chicago Marathon titles Sunday. 2008 Olympic Marathon champion Constantina Tomescu-Dita will be among those out to prevent the three-peat performance. Kenyan Daniel Njenga will participate in the mens race as part of the elite field announced for Sundays marathon. Njenga has finished in the top three six times in Chicago, and will be seeking his first victory in the Windy City.
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Gebrselassie chasing hallowed two-hour marathon mark
(USA Today)
The Chicago Marathon has been the site of 4 world records. Sunday's race is not likely to produce another record but experts differ on how much lower the marathon record will go. Two weekends ago Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia lowered his world record by 27 seconds to 2 hours 3 minutes and 59 seconds. Most agree that 2 hours and 2 minutes is a physiological limit.
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Making sense of the Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Tribune)
The 45,000 spots for the Chicago Marathon filled months ago. But you can join the millions of spectators along the course. The race begins at Grant Park near Buckingham Fountain at 8 am.
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Chicago Marathon to test logistics
(Chicago Tribune)
Thousands of runners trained for many weeks for last year's Chicago Marathon. Nearly 11,000 runners were turned back before finishing their marathon. Race officials shut down the race due to the extreme October heat. This year the marathon hopes to be the best marathon in the world by analyzing last years mishap and others races around the world.
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| News From: Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Marathon runners, organizers ready to forget last year at Chicago Marathon
(Chicago Sun-Times)
Last year's Chicago marathon which was closed roughly four hours into the race left many participants confused, sweaty and wandering the streets of Chicago. Denise Sluterbeck's dream of finishing the marathon distance was ended just 8 miles short of the goal. She is lacing up her shoes once again and will go the distance this Sunday.
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| News From: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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Ranking women's marathoners, 1 to 10
(Los Angeles Times)
Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania was certainly earned a noteworthy place in marathon history on August 17, 2008 in Beijing. At 38 she became the oldest competitor, of either gender, to win an Olympic Gold Medal in the marathon.
She will compete again at this weekends Chicago Marathon and it could add to her status among the top ten greatest women marathon runners.
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Friends plan to run Chicago marathon in honor of UW pharmacy student Adam Nickel.
(The Daily Cardinal)
A group of University of Wisconsin Madison students will be running the Chicago Marathon in honor of Adam Nickel who passed suddenly as he finished the Little Rock Marathon on March 2. Nickel had raised over $3,800 dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as he trained for the San Diego Marathon.
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Chicago Marathon to add medical stations in case going gets tough
(Medill Reports Chicago)
The number of Chicago Marathon participants that required medical care during last year's race has prompted race officials to staff medical aid stations throughout the course for access to anyone who may feel the effects that running a marathon will bring. Medical advisers continue to encourage participants to drink water and stay well hydrated.
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| News From: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Weather forecast pleases Chicago Marathon officials
(Chicago Tribune)
Organizers of this year's 31st Chicago Marathon promise more water and more Gatorade. The weather forecasters have promised overcast, dreary skies which some runners will call perfect conditions considering the debacle of last year's race. Heat and humidity forced officials to cut short the 26.2 mile race.
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| News From: Sunday, October 5, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Pre-Race Review/ Lineup |
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How To: Be Really Ready For a Marathon
(Columbia Tribune)
In years past people ran 13.1 miles prior to going the distance of the real marathon. Twenty six miles is a different race and experience than the half marathon. This year's Chicago Marathon will take statistics of all of the injured runners to gather data about their experience before running the marathon
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| News From: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Bank of America Chicago Marathon Set for 31st Running on Sunday, Oct. 12
(The Earth Times)
Bank of America has increased runner's amenities for the 31 Chicago Marathon. Five new aide stations have been added to the 15 already in place. This year's theme of 29 neighborhoods, 1 great race is designed to showcase the communities of Chicago and bring the city a sense of pride and recognition.
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| News From: Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
| | Chicago Marathon |
| | Human Interest Story |
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Avenue hotel Chicago Announces "Chicago Marathon Package"
(Market Watch)
Avenue Hotel is offering Chicago Marathon runners and spectators a special weekend package that starts at 279 dollars per night. The package includes an energy basket, very spacious rooms and a 1 pm checkout to allow time for post race recovery.
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