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As temps inched north of 80 degrees yesterday, the Chicago Marathon saw some medical calls, but the numbers were down from last year's heat-tarnished race. There were 110 "calls for medical transport" during this year's race, but only 61 required trips to hospital, compared to over 300 last year. Also down? The number of racers. While all 45,000 slots were filled, only 33,033 started. Itching for more Marathonage? Stop by our gallery if you haven't already.
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It wasn't the heat that are keeping people from coming back but the total mismanagement of the event.
I predict it will all but fail completely in teh coming years.
Why have a chicago marathon when there's a new york and la one?
Although maybe this year was better managed?
I've heard good things about this years' event.
It was a bummer, the running tracker system didn't work at all or send me texts. . I was trying to figure out where my friend was running at 13 and 15 miles, and could never find her :(
That's funny, the tracker system worked perfectly for both guys we were tracking. Weirdness.
Ran both last year and this. The organization this year of aid stations, etc. was MUCH better. That said, they really need to start this race earlier and / or move it later in the month. I will not run this race again - I simply will not waste the time / money to train all summer only to get my but kicked by the weather. Starting at 7 or 7:30 is an easy thing to consider - or the idea of altering the start time 48 hours in advance. The quality of experience for the runner's would be greatly improved. There were a lot of people admitted to hospitals with core body temps over 105. That's a problem - and a tragedy waiting to happen.