The Bank of America Chicago Marathon today announced U.S. Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall, 27, will compete in the October 10, 2010 race in an attempt to lower the 2:05:38 American record set by Khalid Khannouchi in 2002. The Mammoth Lakes, Calif., resident and recognized philanthropist will lead a team of [...]
There seems to be a pattern to some esoteric dates. The last time was when Boston Marathon registrations started on 09/09/09. And though the Chicago Marathon registrations are not starting on a special date, but the run itself is 10/10/10. I guess the organizers generated an additional dose of public interest
So, what’s with [...]
Right now, I am following the event live on Universal Sports, and it is well past the half way mark. Will post the results immediately after they are available. As per the latest news, the leading group is going out at almost world record pace, including Sammy Wanjiru and Vincent Kipruto, with the 28KM mark [...]
Watch Chicago marathon live on Universal Sports (Oct 11, 8:00 AM ET).
Chicago Marathon is just a few days away and the excitement is already building up towards what could be a great race waiting to unfold. Sammy Wanjiru has already mentioned that he will be attacking Haile Gebrselassie’s World Record time of 2:03:59 set in [...]