Chicago Marathon

2014 Chicago Marathon Live

2014-10-12: Live coverage of the 2014 Chicago Marathon - join me for splits and comment as the race…

Chicago 2012: Live splits and thoughts

2012-10-07: Live race coverage and splits from the 2012 Chicago…

Chicago Marathon 2010: Live coverage

2010-10-10: Sammy Wanjiru and Liliya Shobukhova have defended their Chicago Marathon titles, won the World Marathon Major titles, and delivered two contrasting victories in the Windy…

Chicago Marathon 2010: Heat and performance

2010-10-09: Just one day to go now before 10-10-10, as we continue our build up to Sunday. Earlier this week we in the marathon world, two of…

Chicago Marathon 2010 preview: Close finishes

2010-10-04: This week begins the countdown to the 33rd Chicago Marathon, which is now just over five days away. Even with Ryan Hall’s late withdraw from…

Chicago 2009 In-race splits

2009-10-11: Below is a table with the kilometer splits (those we got) from today’s Chicago marathon, which saw Sammy Wanjiru win his fourth major marathon –…

Chicago Marathon 2008

2008-10-15: Apologies for the absence lately, it has been a hectic time at work and for other endeavors lately, but our deadlines have now passed and…

Chicago 2008: Race Report and splits

2008-10-12: The 2008 Chicago Marathon champions are Evans Cheruiyot and Lidiya Grigoryeva. In two very different races, the Kenyan and Russian triumphed in times of 2:06:25…

Chicago Marathon 2007 death

2007-10-25: In the last few weeks, we have run a series of posts investigating the events of the 30th Chicago Marathon, where record high temperatures caused…

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