CHICAGO - In a race run in scorching heat that left one man dead, Kenya's Patrick Ivuti won the Chicago Marathon by a fraction of a second Sunday. More than 300 runners were taken to hospitals because of heat-related ailments...
I have lived here most of my life and I still do not understand how 88 F temperature feels like 100 when it happens here in in October. This is a big event here, and some serious runners I know actually quit. So it was not just the usual "out of shape" over reachers that were felled by the heat. GB was well represented as always...you can do a search here for results...
I have completed some summer marathons in UK. Luckily there was lots & lots of water around. Must have drank many litres. Just to show how much was sweated out I did not need a pee for hours after.
We're all doomed! Head for the hills before they start heading for you!
Strange weather in Chicago does in Marathon..
Posted - 08/10/2007 : 01:22:53
