2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Program

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Table of contents

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Event schedule

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Welcome

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Course map

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2016 Top performances

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Past champions

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40 years, four world record holders, four sports legends

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Athletes to watch

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The legend of the marathon

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The evolution of the runner and the race

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By the numbers

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The magic of the Marathon and the people who left their marks: In their words

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How the 2007 Chicago Marathon transformed the road racing industry

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Charity

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Volunteers

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Course entertainment

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27th mile Post-race Party

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City agencies

Chicago Event Management's most memorable memories

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Broadcast information

Publisher

Local sales

Eliot Wineberg gorun@mychicagoathlete.com

Jonathan Cain jcain@mychicagoathlete.com

Art director

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Kelli Lambertsen kelli@mychicagoathlete.com

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The 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Official program was jointly produced by the Bank of America Chicago Marathon staff and Chicago Athlete Magazine.

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Marathon staff editorial contributors Bridget Montgomery, Alex Sawyer Designers Emma Cook, Janet Raugust

Dear Runners, On behalf of the entire Bank of America Chicago Marathon staff, Bank of America, the City of Chicago, our sponsors and volunteers, I am thrilled to welcome you to the 40th anniversary of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Carey Pinkowski Executive Race Director Bank of America Chicago Marathon

On September 25, 1977, more than 4,000 runners started a legacy in our city when they committed to running the inaugural Mayor Daley Marathon. Over the past 40 years, 740,000 finishers have collectively run 19,388,000 miles on our city streets.

Through the echoes of their footsteps, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon has emerged as more than a 26.2-mile footrace. It is a powerful story of our human capacity to persevere, struggle and overcome. More than 40,000 runners will add another 1,048,000 miles to our history on October 8. What will your story be?

As I reflect on the past 40 years—I ran the 1983 Chicago Marathon and this marks my 28th year as Executive Race Director – I am in awe at the growth and impact the marathon has had. More than 1.7 million spectators and 12,000 volunteers energize this event. Since 2002, over 106,000 charity runners have raised $167 million for global, national and local causes. The economic impact of the marathon on the City of Chicago is $277 million. Twenty-nine dynamic neighborhoods make our marathon shine on the global stage. We are proud to welcome you to Chicago and to one of the greatest marathons in the world.

The year’s official program celebrates our four world holders: Steve Jones (1984), Khalid Khannouchi (1999), Catherine Ndereba (2001) and Paula Radcliffe (2002).

We take a look at the evolution of the marathon, the runner and the shoe; we reflect on how the running industry has changed in the decade since the 2007 Chicago Marathon; and we turn the pages over to the memories of the “magic makers” of the marathon—some of the many people who have left a permanent stamp in our event history.

Run brave on October 8. Cheer on your fellow runners, thank a volunteer, dance a little in Boystown, cruise over the wall in Pilsen and defeat “Mount Roosevelt” before you make the final turn onto Columbus Drive and coast to the finish line. We look forward to seeing you in Grant Park!

Sincerely,

Dear Friends: Welcome to the 40th anniversary of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. On behalf of all of us at Bank of America, thank you for taking part in one of the most popular endurance races in the world.

Brian T. Moynihan Chief Executive Officer Bank of America

Strengthening the communities where we work and live is a defining principle of how our company operates. More than 6,000 Bank of America teammates are located here and are committed to meeting the needs of our customers and clients whether opening a bank account, planning for retirement, or growing a business.

Their hard work led to $1.2 billion in lending and investing last year to help fuel Chicago’s economy.

We also contributed nearly $10 million to address local needs like housing, hunger and workforce development and our employees donated nearly 50,000 volunteer hours to local organizations. We’re committed to do our part to help Chicago remain economically and culturally vibrant.

This year, Chicago’s streets will be filled with more than a million and a half people who will cheer on 45,000 athletes. Last year’s race generated a remarkable $282 million in economic impact for the city. Additionally, for more than a decade, the marathon has created an opportunity for runners to raise more than $167 million for charitable causes.

Paul T. Lambert Chicago Market President Bank of America

We’re proud to host this world class event every year in one of the best cities in the world. Thank you to everyone who has worked to make the 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon possible.

Enjoy the race.

Sincerely,

Brian T. Moynihan

Paul T. Lambert

Schedule

Friday, October 6

Sunday, October 8

Abbott Health & Fitness Expo; Packet pick-up McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Hall D 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Grant Park Marathon Wheelchair Start: 7:20 a.m.

Marathon Handcycle Start: 7:21 a.m.

Athletes with Disabilities Start (AWD): 7:23 a.m.

Wave 1 Start: 7:30 a.m.

Wave 2 Start: 8 a.m.

Wave 3 Start: 8:35 a.m.

Saturday, October 7 Advocate Health Care International Chicago 5K 7:30 a.m.

Learn more at Chicago5K.com Abbott Health & Fitness Expo; Packet pick-up McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Hall D 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Spectator access to Grant Park begins 9:30 a.m.

Bank of America Chicago Marathon 27th Mile Post-Race Party Grant Park, Butler Field 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Welcome

Welcome to the 40th anniversary of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon – a celebration of the marathon as the “people’s race” – the runners who cross our finish line in Grant Park, the 1.7 million spectators who urge them on, the 12,000 volunteers who fuel race participants with their energy, the City of Chicago and the sponsors and community partners who makes this race a global success. The 40th anniversary is dedicated to the more than 700,000 runners who have felt their footsteps echo in the windy city and who have etched their names in our record books. We look forward to welcoming runners from more than 100 countries and all 50 states!

Select states participant numbers: Alabama: 185 Alaska: 133 California: 2,540 Colorado: 778 Florida: 1,762 Hawaii: 32 Idaho: 28 Illinois: 20,912 Indiana: 1,473 Kentucky: 327 Maryland: 601 Massachusetts: 1,980 Michigan: 1,491 Mississippi: 63 Montana: 28 Nebraska: 150 New York: 3,486 North Dakota: 55 Oklahoma: 190 Oregon: 187 Tennessee: 402 Texas: 1,735 Virginia: 794 Wisconsin: 1,109 Wyoming: 15

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Select countries participant numbers: Aruba: 3 Australia: 287 Belgium: 92 Costa Rica: 552 Croatia: 13 Dominican Republic: 159 Finland: 30 France: 467 Germany: 491 Greece: 27 Guatemala: 159 Hong Kong: 298 Iceland: 18 India: 415 Iran: 12 Ireland: 237 Italy: 334 Japan: 383 Kenya: 15

South Korea: 98 Mongolia: 5 Nepal: 11 New Zealand: 64 Nigeria: 11 Panama: 21 Peru: 160 Philippines: 243 Puerto Rico: 31 Romania: 23 Russia: 135 Singapore: 50 South Africa: 77 Spain: 454 Sweden: 126 Trinidad & Tobago: 4 Ukraine: 47 Venezuela: 294 Zambia: 32

Top 5 countries by participants: Mexico: 2,546 Canada: 1,369 Brazil: 1,156 China: 1,352 Great Britain: 1,045

Because sometimes it takes a team to get you to the finish line.

Because our team helps RMHC® keep families with sick children close to each other and the care they need.

That’s why I chose to run for Ronald McDonald House Charities®.

Join our team.

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I’m running for my late grandma who sparked the fire of kindness, humility and an incredible sense of adventure inside me. I owe it to her for the way I see the world—as an opportunity to have dreams, and more importantly, go after them.

Karen N., Sydney, New South Wales

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The Chicago Marathon is even more special for me this year. Not only will it be on my birthday, this 40th anniversary of the race will also mark my 40th state Marathon. I’m on a quest to run a marathon in each state.

Hoping to finish in Hawaii in 2020 with the 50th anniversary of the Maui marathon there.

Quang L. Boston, MA

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Why are you running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon?

I am a very emotional runner. I run with my heart before running with my mind. I also realize running and athletics in general are just a conduit for the greater experience of human connection.

Arland M. Milburn, NJ I’m running because Chicago has

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become my hometown for running and because it is one of the major races in the world and it’ll be my 10th straight Chicago Marathon!

Javier R. Livonia, MI

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I’m looking forward to seeing many supporters and runners, and I would like to see the beautiful view of Chicago. Finally, if I can finish the race, I want to cheer by drinking local beer!

Hiroki Y. Tokyo

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This will be my final, 32nd marathon, and I’ll finish what I started exactly 20 years ago.

Thank you Chicago. Here I come! :) Jill S. Rockford, MI

October 8, 2017

Mile marker Kilometer marker Aid station

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Top 2016 finishers Top 10 male finishers – Overall 1

Abel Kirui

2 3 5 7 8

Dickson Chumba

2:11:23

KEN

Gideon Kipketer

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KEN

2:11:26

KEN

Paul Lonyangata

KEN

Stephen Sambu

KEN

Abayneh Ayele

ETH

Takuya Fukatsu

JPN

2:12:20 2:13:17 2:13:35 2:13:52 2:13:53

Diego Estrada

USA

2:13:56

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Koji Gokaya

JPN

2:14:34

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Elkanah Kibet

USA

2:16:37

Top 10 female finishers – Overall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Florence Kiplagat

KEN

Edna Kiplagat

KEN

Valentine Kipketer

KEN

Purity Rionoripo Yebrgual Melese Atsede Baysa Serena Burla

KEN ETH ETH USA

2:21:32 2:23:28 2:23:41 2:24:47 2:24:49 2:28:53

2:30:40

Agnieszka Mierzejewska POL

2:32:13

Sarah Crouch

USA

2:33:48

Alia Gray

USA

Official results as of July 2017. Results are subject to change in accordance with IAAF Anti-Doping Rules and Regulations.

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Top 2016 finishers Top 5 wheelchair male finishers 1 Marcel Hug

SUI

2 Kurt Fearnley

AUS

3 4 5

Josh George

1:32:57 1:32:58

USA

Gyudae Kim

KOR

Aaron Pike

USA

1:32:59 1:33:00 1:33:01

Top 5 wheelchair female finishers 1 Tatyana McFadden 2 Manuela Schär 3 4 5

Amanda McGrory Sandra Graf Susannah Scaroni

Official results as of July 2017. Results are subject to change in accordance with IAAF Anti-Doping Rules and Regulations.

USA SUI USA SUI USA

1:42:28 1:42:29 1:47:55 1:50:13 1:52:50

40 years, four world record holders, four sports legends Steve Jones, Khalid Khannouchi, Catherine Ndereba, Paula Radcliffe. They rocketed through the streets of Chicago to climb to the pinnacle of marathon running and reign as the world’s best elite runners. With Jones’ pure guts, Khannouchi’s mental toughness, Ndereba’s grace and Radcliffe’s famous head bob, they took down the world record in the Windy City, giving the Bank of America Chicago Marathon a global boost as one of the fastest marathon courses in the world.

Their historic feats stand out in our record books as bright chapters in the history of the Chicago Marathon.

To celebrate 40 years of history, we caught up with our world record holders and asked them a series of questions about their records, their training and their personal inspirations.

1984 & 1985 Champion When you decided to run the 1984 Chicago Marathon, did you view it as an opportunity to set a record?

I was looking to win the race, as I always do, and take on world record holder and world champion Rob De Castella and the brand new Olympic champion, Carlos Lopes. In my mind, I knew that they had just run the Olympic Marathon (August) so they might still have that race in their legs, so I was going to use their experience of the distance and follow them around until the nineteenth or twentieth mile, and then use my 10K speed to kick on for the last six miles. I honestly did not know how fast we were going in relation to any record, but I understood that if I was still around these two guys, then it must have been going well. I had no idea what the world record was!!

At any point in the race, did you become aware of setting a record?

What role does running play in your life today?

At 23 miles, Chris Brasher (co-founder of the London Marathon) leaned over the side of the press truck and shouted, “Steve, a couple more five minute miles and you have the record!” Of course, I thought he meant the course record, so I tried to keep the pressure on and ran through to the line.

I am active as a coach with my own running team (Boulder Harriers) and enjoy (mostly) passing on my knowledge as a runner and a coach. I am a brand ambassador and coach for Reebok (a partnership that has lasted for 35 years to date). I feel that I am a good ambassador of and for the sport and give back as much as I can to races and events.

What impact did setting the world record in Chicago have on your career?

Obviously it had a huge impact on not only my life but my family’s also. All of a sudden, I went from being a journeyman runner to being in big demand from race directors, sponsors, newspaper and magazine photographers and journalists… I even had to get an answering machine for my phone. I had a fantastic “15 minutes.”

What advice would you give to people running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 8?

If at all possible, find a coached group, run to a routine and train with confidence, commitment and focus.

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When you decided to run the 1999 Chicago Marathon, did you view it as an opportunity to set a record?

Not at all. I thought it was a great opportunity for me to excel in the marathon event so my only priority was to win the race.

At what point in the race did you realize you were going to break the world record?

Crossing the finish line. The day of the marathon was a cold and freezing one (temperatures hovered in the 30s); the weather made it tough for all of the participants to see and read the timing clocks in the last stages of the race.

What impact did setting the world record in Chicago have on your career?

Setting the world record in Chicago had a huge impact on my running career. I got more exposure and fame, and I was invited to races all over the world.

Who or what inspired you during your career?

My inspiration was to be the best marathoner of my generation.

What advice would you give to people running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 8?

My best advice to the people running the Chicago Marathon on October 8 is to train properly for your race. The marathon event requires you to be in good physical shape to have an enjoyable and safe experience.

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1997, 1999, 2000 & 2002 Champion

When you decided to run the Chicago Marathon in 2001, did you view it as an opportunity to set a record?

Since I had run the Chicago Marathon the previous year and won it, I was thinking about winning again. I wasn’t focused on the world record, but I was hoping to do it. When I came across the finish and saw the clock, it was quite amazing.

At what point in the race did you realize you were going to break the current world record?

Once I came through the tunnel [near McCormick Place, around Mile 25], I knew how far I had to go to the finish line, and I heard someone say I was on world record time. All I was paying attention to was my pace, and my pace felt good.

Who or what inspired you during your career?

Joan Benoit Samuelson. I met her in 1996 at a race. I really admired her and when I went to races, I could see she had so many records. In the year 2000, she said, “Catherine, if there is anybody who is going to break the course record in Chicago, it is you. You are the one.” It was quite awesome. It was quite amazing.

What advice would you give to people running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 8?

They should go out there, keep on training and make sure they train very hard. They should have a respect for the distance and each individual should run his or her own race.

2000 & 2001 Champion

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2002 Champion

When you decided to run the Chicago Marathon in 2002, did you view it aS an opportunity to set a record?

Yes, very much so. When I crossed the finish line in London [2002] I knew I could break the world record. I only realized when I turned into the home straight how fast I had run in the second half and how close I was to the world record so I knew with good preparation and pacing I could break it.

At what point in the race did you realize you were going to break the current world record?

It was very competitive in the first half and I was concentrating on staying strong and being able to push on hard in the second half. I knew the pace was good, but went through a rough patch around 23 miles and really had to concentrate and keep pushing. I guess the last mile I thought I had the record but didn’t want to think about it until I crossed the line and had it won!

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What impact did setting the world record in Chicago have on your career?

I think winning and setting the world record had a big impact. It underlined for me that the marathon was definitely my best distance and that I loved racing it. There were some rough points in the race and the weather wasn’t perfect, so it also gave me the confidence that I could go faster and improve the record.

Who or what inspired you during your career?

During my career, lots of people inspired but the three biggest inspirations for me were the three first ladies of women’s marathoning—Grete Waitz (trailblazer for women’s running, winner on all three surfaces: cross country, road and track, and an amazingly strong lady who fought cancer with such courage and dignity); Joanie Benoit Samuelson (first winner of the Olympic marathon and a true inspiration today as she was then; loves her running and life with a

passion that is beautiful and infectious and I love spending time with her); and Ingrid Kristiansen (world record holder for 13 years in women’s marathon; helped me with amazing advice, and her records and achievements were huge inspirations and targets for me across 5000m to marathon).

What advice would you give to people running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 8?

Use the amazing atmosphere and support for energy and pace yourself well. Better to finish the second half faster than to go off too fast. Most of all enjoy it, and I really look forward to being there and seeing people achieve their goals as they cross that finish line.

Athletes to watch Amanda McGrory (USA) McGrory, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumna, is a three-time Bank of America Chicago Marathon champion with back-to-back victories in 2007 and 2008 and another win in 2010. She finished fourth in 2015 and third in 2016. She started her 2017 season with a win at the Tokyo Marathon, beating current world record holder, Manuela Schar, in a photo finish. Most recently, she won Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth for the eighth time in a swift 1:40:42.

Throughout her career, she has won over 25 marathons and taken home seven Paralympic medals. McGrory is a versatile athlete, competing and medaling in distances ranging from the 800m to the marathon.

AMANDA MCGRORY

Kurt Fearnley (AUS) Fearnley is Chicago’s most decorated male wheelchair athlete with five titles, including three in a row from 2007 to 2009, and then two more in 2011 and 2015. A veteran of more than 50 marathons (with over 30 wins), he has captured nine medals at the Paralympic Games, including a pair of gold medals in the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Marathon. He took another gold at the 2011 IPC World Championships Marathon, and he won four consecutive TCS New York City Marathons from 2006 to 2009; he finished third in 2013 and was on top of the podium again in 2014 after a sprint finish through Central Park. His 1:29:22 course record in New York still stands.

Abel Kirui (KEN) Kirui returns to Chicago to defend his Bank of America Chicago Marathon title after putting on a show in 2016, out-dueling Dickson Chumba to the line in a tactical race that saw pace swings from 4:33 per mile to 5:24 per mile.

Kirui, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist and two-time IAAF World Marathon Championships gold medalist, battled Chumba, the 2015 Chicago Marathon champion, for the final two and a half miles until Kirui launched an attack that Chumba could not match. Bank of America Chicago Marathon Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski called the race “spirited,” “entertaining” and “great theater”, in spite of Abel's running the slowest winning time since 1993, 2:11:23, Kirui entertained fans with a dance at the finish line. He has a personal best of 2:05:04. Outside of running, he is the founder of the Great Joy Educational Centre, a boarding school that helps children in poverty receive a primary school education in Eldoret, Kenya.

KURT FEARNLEY

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Florence Kiplagat (KEN)

FLORENCE KIPLAGAT

Kiplagat enters this year’s race aiming for the elusive hat-trick after winning a pair of Bank of America Chicago Marathon titles in 2015 and 2016. At last year’s race, she recorded the fifth fastest time in the world and the 13th fastest time in Chicago Marathon history, 2:21:32 (her personal best is 2:19:44). She is the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon champion and the 2011 and 2013 Berlin Marathon champion. She held the world record in the half marathon, 1:05:09 until it was broken in this year. In a move that surprised many, Athletics Kenya left Kiplagat off the 2016 Olympic marathon team.

Galen Rupp (USA) Rupp, a two-time Olympic medalist with four American records, makes his Bank of America Chicago Marathon debut after dazzling marathon performances in Rio (Olympic bronze medal) and Boston (second place). He set his personal best, 2:09:58, in Boston. Rupp gained national attention as a high school prodigy and remained in the spotlight at the University of Oregon where he won five NCAA titles. At the 2012 London Olympics, Rupp became the first American since 1964 to win a medal in the 10,000m; he took home the silver after sprinting the final 400m. He is one of the best American distance runners on the track, holding U.S. records in the 10,000m (26:44:36), indoor 3,000m (7:30:16), indoor two-mile (8:07:41) and indoor 5,000m (13:01:26). His 5,000m PR of 12:58:90 puts him in an exclusive category of American runners – he is one of only six Americans to break 13:00 for the distance.

GALEN RUPP

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Jordan Hasay (USA) Hasay turned heads at the 2017 Boston Marathon with a spectacular debut performance. She finished third in 2:23:00, the fastest marathon debut ever by an American woman by almost three minutes, and she turned in the fourth fastest Boston Marathon time in history by an American woman (the three women ahead of her are Olympians Shalane Flanagan, Joan Benoit Samuelson and Desiree Linden). Prior to her headline-grabbing performance in Boston, she turned in the third fastest time ever by an American woman in the half marathon, 1:07:55, at the Prague Half Marathon (only Deena Kastor and Molly Huddle have run faster). Prior to turning her attention to the roads in 2016, Hasay focused on the track, initially making her name as a 1,500m runner (she competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials as a high school runner). She was a two-time Foot Locker Cross Country champion in high school and a 15-time All American at the University of Oregon.

Diego Estrada (USA) Estrada took the running world by storm when he won the 2015 U.S. Half Marathon Championships in Houston, turning in the seventh fastest time in American history, 1:00:51.

He made his 26.2-mile entrance at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles. He hung with the leaders for 18 miles before succumbing to the heat and dropping out.

He made a solid post-Trials comeback by ending his 2016 season at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon with an eighth place finish in 2:13:56 in spite of a fall at the 10K aid station. Estrada kicked off his 2017 season with a 1:01:54 eighth place at the New York City half marathon and a second place finish at the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K.

DIEGO ESTRADA

Sarah Crouch (USA) Crouch started 2017 with a promising fifth place finish at the Houston Marathon in 2:38:37 on an unusually hot and humid day. She capped her 2016 season at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, finishing ninth in 2:33:48, after a difficult start to her year. In spite of heading into the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials with the 17th fastest qualifying time (in a field with more than 250 qualifiers), she couldn’t line up due to a hip injury. She rebounded to finish 11th in Boston. Crouch first made a name for herself in the marathon at the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

She lopped almost 12 minutes off of her previous PR and placed seventh in a personal best, 2:32:44. She returned in 2015 with another strong performance, finishing 12th in 2:32:51.

SARAH CROUCH

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The story of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon

to make Chicago “the running capital of the world,” the stage was set for the inaugural Chicago Marathon. Ads soon marketed the race as the “people’s race anyone can come and enjoy,” and with a $5 entry fee and an 8:00 a.m. start time, the Chicago Marathon—called the Mayor Daley Marathon—became a reality on September 25, 1977.

of Chicago, Illinois. The group gained momentum in 1977 after Dr. Nequin directed a successful “mega” race in the In 1976, amid a “first boom” groundswell city—the Ravenswood Bank Lakefront of excitement and interest in the sport 10-Mile Run. Over 1,000 runners of running, five key founders, Wayne participated—more than triple the Goeldner, Wendell Miller, Bill Robinson, number event organizers expected. So Sharon Mier and Dr. Noel Nequin met to with the success of this event, and with discuss planning a marathon in the City a mayor, Michael Bilandic, who wanted

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The first Olympic Marathon is held in Athens, Greece. Spyridon Louis, a Greek water-carrier, wins the 40-kilometer (24.85 miles) distance in 2:58:50

The first Boston Marathon is held. eighteen men register, 15 men start and 10 finish. John J. McDermott clocks a world record for the win, 2:55:10, in spite of walking several times over the final miles

In order to accommodate the royal family’s wishes of an official start line at Windsor Castle, the marathon distance expands to 42 kilometers or 26.2 miles (26 miles and 385 yards) at the London Olympics

The marathon distance is formally standardized at 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers)

1926

Violet Percy of Great Britain becomes the first woman to officially record a marathon time, 3:40:22 (London)

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1970 1972

Inaugural New York City Marathon

Frank Shorter wins a gold medal at the Munich Olympics, igniting a “running boom” in the United States

1974 Inaugural Berlin Marathon

Top photo by Sherry Ewaskawitz | © 2017

The legend of the Marathon

490 B.C. According to historic legend, Pheidippides, an ancient Greek messenger, ran 24 miles from the Battle on the Plains of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Athenian army had defeated the Persians, killing 6,400 of their men and driving their army into the sea. Pheidippides reeled into the ruling chamber and announced, “Rejoice. We conquer!” and then dropped dead.

The evolution of the runner and the race

By Cindy Kuzma

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Between 500-2000 runners (depending on the sources) wear black armbands to protest a later start time (10:30 a.m.) and the increase in entry fee from $5 to $10. The slogan for the event becomes “10 o’clock too late, $10 too much”

Inaugural Bank of America Chicago Marathon. More than 4,200 runners pay the $5 registration fee to run the Mayor Daley Marathon, making it the largest marathon in the world at the time U.S. President Jimmy

Carter agrees to transfer the Panama Canal to Panama

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The 26.2-mile distance hasn’t changed since September 25, 1977, the day 4,200 runners lined up by the Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza for the first Mayor Daley Marathon. Nor has the basic act of putting one foot in front of the other. But nearly everything else—from the size, shape and age of the runners to what they wear to the way organizers of what’s now called the Bank of America Chicago Marathon ensure their journey goes smoothly—has shifted dramatically in 40 years.

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Ida Mintz, 74, becomes the world’s oldest female marathon finisher with a finish time of 4:45; Jane Schiff becomes the first unofficial wheelchair winner in a time of 3:02:38

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is released; the World population Beatrice Foods becomes the title race sponsor; on a hot is estimated at and humid day, Laura Michalek, 15, becomes the youngest 4.4 billion marathon champion in event history, running 3:15:45 More than 60 Americans are taken hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran and 52 are held for 444 days

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Inaugural Virgin Money London Marathon; Columbia becomes the first space shuttle to reach space

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So, too, have the reasons participants toe the line in the first place. “When you ran back in the 70s and 80s, you were in the race—it was you against yourself and the clock,” says Jenny Hadfield, a Chicago-area coach, author and co-founder of Chicago Endurance Sports. “Now it’s very social. It’s about the experience, the entertainment, seeing the city on your own two feet, charity. The ‘whys’ involved have really expanded.”

From stopwatches and water to GPS and gels, those first Chicago racers were trendsetters, beneficiaries of a wave of big-city races that emerged after the New York City Marathon extended its course through all five boroughs in 1976.

That year, an estimated 25,000 American runners would cross the finish line of a marathon.

By 1980, that number exploded to 143,000.

The not-for-profit group Running USA has kept detailed statistics since 1980, when marathon times averaged 3:32:17 for men and 4:03:39 for women. At the time, women accounted for only 10 percent of

American Greg Meyer becomes the last American-born male to win the Chicago Marathon in 2:10:59 (the 13th fastest time by an American in event history), and one of the first champions to take home prize money ($12,000).

Carl Lewis (track & field) and Martina Navratilova (tennis) win the Associated Press Athlete of the Year Award

Time magazine’s Person of The Year is the computer; Disney’s Futuristic Park, EPCOT, opens

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Joan Benoit Samuelson sets a new course and American record, 2:21:21 (it remained the course record until 2001 and the American record until 2003). Steve Jones repeats as the men’s champion.

Steve Jones sets a World Record, 2:08:05; Rosa Mota sets a new women’s course record, 2:26:01; and the first official wheelchair competition includes five men and one woman

Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan picks up the NBA's "Rookie of the Year" award

American Joan Benoit Samuelson wins gold in 2:24:52.

Samuelson remains the only American woman ever to win an Olympic gold medal in the marathon

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12,000 runners start the 10th annual Chicago Marathon, and race officials double the number of massage therapists and tables, giving more than 500 runners a post-race boost.

NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launching, killing all seven astronauts on board; the Chicago Bears win Super Bowl XX

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Joseph Nzau wins in 2:09:44, becoming the first of many Kenyan runners to become a Chicago Marathon champion; Rosa Mota sets a women’s course record, 2:31:12

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finishers. Bart Yasso, chief running officer at Runner’s World magazine, recalls encountering only the occasional female participant during his first marathon in 1980. “There was never a pack of women, or even two women running together,” he says. Now, women outnumber men in shorter distances and are gaining ground in the marathon. In 2015, nearly half—44 percent—of all marathon finishers were female (as were 45 percent of those finishing the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon).

Now, women outnumber men in shorter distances....

In 2015, nearly half—44 percent—of all marathon finishers were female.

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The typical marathoner has slowed; men now finish in an average of 4:20:13 and women, 4:45:30. But thanks to GPS watches, apps and trackers, he or she can likely supply detailed data on the pace, distance and heart rate reached on every run. The Nike+ Run Club app delivers real-time cues and encouragement en route.

Contrast that to 1977, when most runners didn’t even wear wristwatches. The Timex Ironman watch wouldn’t revolutionize the world of sports timing until 1986. And though an article from the Chicago Tribune the day after the first Chicago Marathon makes mention of a runner

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A half marathon is held in place of the marathon due to a loss in sponsorship. Two-time Chicago Marathon champion Steve Jones wins the half in 1:04:20

“Black Monday”— stock markets around the world crash on Monday, October 19, 1987; soul singer Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Nike introduces its “Just Do It” slogan with a campaign featuring Walt Stack, an 80-year-old running icon, jogging across the Golden Gate Bridge

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Carey Pinkowski becomes the youngest Executive Race Director of any major U.S. marathon. Martin Pitayo and Antoni Niemczak run the final 10 miles shoulder-to-shoulder.

Pitayo dives for the finish and wins by .3 seconds, the second narrowest margin of victory in event history

Old Style becomes the title sponsor of the Chicago Marathon. Lisa Weidenbach emerges from the race as the fifth American woman to break 2:30 when she crosses the line in 2:29:17

Ann Cody-Morris, a three-time Paralympian, becomes the first female wheelchair athlete to break two hours in the Chicago Marathon, finishing in 1:58:51

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The Simpsons debuts on Fox December 17; the Berlin Wall collapses; Nintendo begins selling Game Boy

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Nelson Mandela is released from prison in South Africa

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While the elite male and female winners run the slowest winning times since 1981, Ann Walters sets a course record in the wheelchair competition, 1:44:29.

The record stands until 2013

The marathon loses Old Style as the title sponsor (1988-1990), consequently reducing the prize money from $30,000 to $7,500.

The Soviet Union collapses; The Chicago Bulls win the NBA championship title

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American Oscar De La Hoya wins the gold medal in boxing at the Barcelona Olympic Games

Abbott World Marathon Majors looks back on a successful decade of growth

After more than a decade of steady growth, the AbbottWMM announced in April that it had reached an agreement with Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd, one of China’s leading private conglomerates. The 10-year strategic partnership is aimed at the continued growth and development of marathon events worldwide, with an emphasis on adding events in new regions such as Asia and Africa.

“Hallmarks of the Abbott World Marathon Majors have been breathtaking courses through iconic global cities; industry-leading operations teams focused on smooth, unmatched race-day experiences; and inspiration from the world’s greatest professional athletes and Six Star finishers,” says Tim Hadzima, AbbottWMM general manager. “As we move into a new decade for our organization, it’s time to reach for new finish lines. We look forward to exploring new races and markets to bring into the series as we continue to celebrate and honor the 250,000 athletes that cross our finish lines each year.”

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While 2017’s race will feature 20 aid stations—all with Gatorade Endurance Formula, and some with gels and chews—the eight aid stations available in 1977 offered only water.

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In 2006, the race directors of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons launched the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) in a united effort to increase the sport’s mainstream visibility, raise the profile of its elite athletes and boost the overall public interest in elite racing. As the series expanded to include the Tokyo marathon, it gained a broader following among athletes seeking to become Six Star Finishers. To date, more than 2,100 runners have crossed all six finish lines and earned the accolade of being an official Six Star Finisher.

wearing earphones, it’s not clear what he would have been listening to—the Sony Walkman wasn’t invented until 1979.

Apparel has come a long way, too. The Tribune article refers to runners “skimpily clad in T-shirts and shorts,” likely cotton. Tom Cooney, who participated in that first race as a runner and now heads up race management and logistics company Lakeshore Athletic Services, says people on high school or college teams may have worn their nylon jerseys. It’s a far cry from the aisles of sweat-wicking, brightly colored activewear available to today’s runner.

Back then, the concept of footwear specifically made for running had just begun to take off. Runner’s World

published its first-ever shoe guide in 1975. The first pair of women’s trainers came along the year after.

A 1977 Tribune article marveled at the “dozens” of available styles.

Now, the Fleet Feet Sports website lists more than 300 shoe options for women alone, in everything from minimalist barefoot-like styles to super-cushioned trainers.

Also newer on store shelves: a varied supply of sports nutrition products, from gels to chews to scientifically engineered carbohydrate and electrolyte drinks. Gatorade was developed in 1965, but hadn’t made its way from football to running.

Marathoners of 1977 drank water, if anything, and rarely ate during the race.

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The day itself was fairly no-frills, lacking on-course entertainment, medical tents or even portable toilets anywhere but at the start. Mid-race, runners used Chicago Park District facilities, Cooney recalls. While 2017’s race will feature 20 aid stations—all with Gatorade Endurance Formula, and some with gels and chews—the eight aid stations available in 1977 offered only water. Cooney didn’t stop once—“I just said to myself, ‘Why waste the time?”—though he recalls feeling thirsty at the finish.

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with a timing chip that tracks the exact moment a runner starts—and finishes. Lakeshore Athletic Services installs visible clocks at each mile marker to help participants keep time.

And thanks to online runner tracking, spectators can follow along on their phones or computers, with results available even before finishers receive their medals.

Contrast that to 1977; runners wore bibs, but no chips, and the clock began when the starting gun fired.

Volunteers stood with stopwatches every five miles to call out split times.

Finishes were hand-recorded, with yet more volunteers writing down bib numbers and times as each runner crossed the line. Compiling the full list of results was a tedious process involving typewriters, paper and plenty

of Wite-Out, Cooney says. Winners got trophies, but there were no finisher medals, and full results arrived weeks later by mail.

last 40 years, which is a great change,” Yasso says.

Behind two booms

And Yasso would know—he got his In the early days, the race operation start during what is known as the first consisted of volunteers who simply running boom. Runners of the era had loved running, Yasso says. Now, the patron saints—American marathon Bank of America Chicago Marathon champions Frank Shorter and Bill has about 25 employees and countless Rodgers—and a holy text, Jim Fixx’s The vendors who carry out the operations, Complete Book of Running, published in marketing and other aspects of 1977. Most were 20-something men the event, researching details like who ran 70 to 100 miles a week in crowd movement and traffic control. hopes of winning races (or at least Increased entry fees (this year, bettering their times). Even amateur entries cost U.S. runners $195 and training plans involved six to seven international participants $220) reflect days a week of running, with no crossthat expertise—and many more perks, training or strengthening exercises, including tech shirts, a pre-race expo Hadfield notes. and trained medical responders who keep runners safe. “Our sport has moved professionally so much in the Continued on page 42

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“It was competitive, and a lot of these men burned out due to the competition,” says Jeff Galloway, who ran in the 1972 Olympics in the 10,000 meters and has since trained countless marathoners. “And once the improvement didn’t keep continuing, they dropped out.” As their fire cooled, the growth of the sport slowed.

But the late 1990s brought a resurrection, with USA Track & Field reporting double the number of runners as in the 1970s. This time around, the feet pounding the pavement carried many more types of bodies. Chicago

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LaSalle Bank becomes the title sponsor of the marathon

The marathon is held on Halloween, October 31—the latest race date in event history. Runners are greeted with snow, 34-degree temperatures, 12-degree wind chills and whipping wind

Oprah’s interview with Michael Jackson becomes the most watched television interview in history

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Oprah runs the Marine Corps Marathon in 4:29, helping ignite the second running boom in the United States; Kurt Cobain commits suicide

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Running extends your lifespan significantly,...strengthening your heart, mind and overall well-being. get into this, they tend to influence 20 other people to change their health behaviors in a positive way. So, you just start developing this huge community of people.” That tribe now includes not only women, but also older runners (now, nearly half of marathoners are 40-plus, compared to one-fourth in 1980) and media star Oprah people from a wide range of backgrounds Winfrey ran her first and abilities and cultures.

26.2-mile race, the Marine Corps Marathon, in 1994—she finished in Some have raised the question of whether 4:29:15, a time far more relatable to the boom has busted, as millennials choose the average runner than the 2:10:45 group fitness and other pursuits—for the Frank Shorter ran to win Olympic silver past three years straight, race participation in 1976. Even President Bill Clinton numbers have declined, Running USA found time to squeeze running into reports. But regardless, Yasso says he his schedule. If they could do it, the sees bonds between runners growing average American figured he or she even stronger as social media connects could, too. like-minded athletes and spreads stories of competitors overcoming incredible And as they picked up speed, obstacles. With today’s focus on fitness newer athletes realized the sport’s for a lifetime, rather than only intense benefits extended far beyond competitions, even those who drift away winning races. “Running extends your can always find a home in the sport when lifespan significantly,” Galloway says, they return. “The running community is strengthening your heart, mind and the power,” he says. overall well-being. “And, when runners

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Paul Evans wins the Chicago Marathon in 2:08:52, the eighth fastest time in the world in 1996

Seventy-five-year-old Warren Utes of Park Forest, Illinois. sets his seventh age group national record with a time of 3:18:07

The Oklahoma City bombing in the U.S. kills 168 people; Grateful Dead ends months of speculation by announcing it will disband

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Major League Soccer has its first season; the Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta; Cuba Gooding Jr.’s line from Jerry Maguire, “Show me the money!,” becomes a pop culture hit

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20th anniversary of the Chicago Marathon. Khalid Khannouchi makes his marathon debut in 2:07:10, setting course, debut and North American records. He records history’s fourth fastest marathon. The marathon experiences a 202% increase in international participants, with 1,074 global athletes crossing the finish line

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Princess Diana of Wales is killed in a car crash; Tiger Woods, at age 21, becomes the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters

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Oprah runs the Marine Corps Marathon in 4:29, helping ignite the second running boom in the United States; Kurt Cobain commits suicide

The number of computers on the Internet reaches 1 million; the Soviet Union collapses; The Chicago Bulls win the NBA championship title.

The marathon loses Old Style as the title sponsor (1988-1990), consequently reducing the prize money from $30,000 to $7,500.

While the elite male and female winners run the slowest winning times since 1981, Ann Walters sets a course record in the wheelchair competition, 1:44:29.

The record stands until 2013.

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Free Willy star Keiko goes to Iceland for eventual release back into the wild; BMW buys Rolls-Royce cars for $570 million; France wins the World Cup.

LaSalle Bank becomes the title sponsor of the marathon

The Oklahoma City bombing in the U.S. kills 168 people; Major League Baseball players end a 232-day strike; the Chicago Heat Wave kills 739 people.

The marathon is held on Halloween, October 31 – the latest race date in event history. Runners are greeted with snow, 34-degree temperatures, 12-degree wind chills and whipping wind.

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Seventy-five-year-old Warren Utes of Park Forest, IL. sets his seventh age group national record with a time of 3:18:07

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bring the event to life. For so many people—from as an idea in 1976 during an era when running the past champions to the charity runners to the experienced a national boom in popularity and media broadcasters to the writers to the spectators racing opportunities. The race finally came to to the volunteers and to the corporate sponsors fruition on September 25, 1977 as more than —the marathon functions as a metaphor that 4,000 runners started the inaugural Mayor Daley breathes deeper meaning into both the individual Marathon, the “people’s race anyone can come and and the world. Like a 26.2 mile footrace, life is enjoy.” Over the past four decades, the Chicago a marathon of “walls” and “bonks,” elation and Marathon has experienced astronomical growth, joy, boredom and creativity, perseverance and swelling in popularity with more than 40,000 commitment, personal worsts and personal bests. runners and 1.7 million spectators annually. Its And every now and then, the marathon – like life economic impact on the City of Chicago has —gives us a moment of beauty or an experience of soared to $277 million, and, since 2002, more than euphoria that creates a memory that lives within us.

106,000 charity runners have raised $167 million As we celebrate 40 years of history and running, for global, national and local causes. we asked some of the people who have left In the midst of these large figures lie the stories their marks on the race to recount a special of the people who transform the marathon from a memory or a favorite story. The following pages simple footrace into a magical running experience contain their words. They are the magic makers with a history anchored by the support of its local and the race historians of the Bank of America communities and the people who work tirelessly to Chicago Marathon.

Joan Benoit Samuelson

1984 Olympic Marathon gold medalist 1985 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Champion, 2:21:21 The 1985 and 2010 races were my highlights in Chicago. Obviously in ‘85 because it was my fastest time and it was the American Record. It was a highly contested race with Ingrid Kristiansen and Rosa Mota.

And the year of the 10-10-10 Chicago Marathon, I was trying to run sub-2:50 in Boston, New York and Chicago. Having my daughter and my husband run in the race was perfect (her daughter, Abigail, finished in 3:23:45 and her husband, Scott, finished in 3:39:57). I am trying for a Sub-3 again this year.

So many of my watershed moments have occurred in Chicago.

Deena Kastor

2004 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist; American marathon record holder, 2:19:36 2005 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Champion, 2:21:25 2015 U.S. Women’s Masters Record, 2:27:47 Runners and their entourage blow into the Windy City every October for the Bank of American Chicago Marathon. The hotels and restaurants are welcoming and buzzing with excitement to host people from around the world. Sometimes the weather is hot, sometimes cold, often times perfect, but it is always an event that satisfies my marathon spirit.

was captured and can be seen in the documentary Spirit of the Marathon.

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Hal Higdon

Runner and writer Author of the best-selling Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide I was not involved in the start-up of the inaugural Mayor Daley Marathon, but I ran the second Chicago Marathon in 1978. Early on, I served as a TV commentator, and then later, I designed the training programs used by so many individuals both in Chicago and out of town to prepare for the marathon.

I most remember the 2005 Bank of America Chicago Marathon because it was my first marathon win, and because I went to the well for it.

As I continued mile after mile to shake Constantina Dita of Romania, I finally gained a significant lead on her. In doing so, I burned too much Brian Piper, a local runner, initially glycogen, a mandatory energy source reached out to me. He had started a for runners. Despite a gap between class for runners on the lakefront. His us, I was fading fiercely in the final first year, he attracted 35 individuals, miles. I thought, oh no, she must be most of them newcomers to the seeing me suffering. Like a shark, sport. I spoke at the class banquet, she must have smelled blood in the and Brian asked me to design a water and she came like a freight training program specific to Chicago. train after me. As I turned onto I created 18-week programs for Roosevelt Road, a hill in the final mile, novice, intermediate and advanced I glanced over my shoulder and she runners. Executive Race Director was right there! I willed my knees Carey Pinkowski offered support, to drive, my arms to pump and my which allowed me to go from site body to keep moving forward. Dear to site in Chicago and the suburbs, God, just keep moving me forward. promoting the class and training I have never wanted something so programs. Most important, Elizabeth badly, or pushed so hard to achieve it. Vincenty in the marathon office (she The pep talks and the struggle were is now Race Director of the Medtronic worth it because I achieved my goal Twin Cities Marathon), worked with in breaking the tape only five seconds me in translating my programs into ahead of Constantina, who went on an interactive format where runners to earn a gold medal in the 2008 could sign up to receive daily emails Beijing Olympic Games. She brought telling them how to train. Google out the best in me that day. Chicago “marathon training,” and you’ll land on brought the best out in me that day, my website (halhigdon.com). and I am grateful for it. The drama Continued on page 50

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Philip Hersh

Chicago Tribune sports writer, 1984-2015 Four-time Pulitzer Prize nominee 2016 Distinguished Service Award from the United States Sports Academy I began working in Chicago the year of the inaugural Chicago (Mayor Daley) Marathon in 1977. From then until retiring from the Chicago Tribune in late 2015, I covered all but two of the 38 races (there was only a half marathon one year) for the Daily News (‘77), Sun-Times (‘78 through ‘83) and the Tribune (‘84 through ‘15).

Given that my concentration over all those years was on the elite competition, the 1985 women’s race is by far my most indelible memory. To that point, no invitational marathon had ever assembled a women’s field like the one that ran Chicago that October 20. It included Joan Benoit Samuelson of the U.S., winner of the inaugural Olympic women’s marathon a year earlier; Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway, fourth at the Olympics, who had set a world record earlier in 1984; and Rosa Mota of Portugal, Olympic bronze medalist and 1983-84 Chicago winner.

The race turned into a textbook illustration of racer versus runner.

Samuelson used a yo-yo pace early in the race in an effort to confuse Kristiansen, who relied throughout her career on hitting specified time splits. The Norwegian hung in until the 20th mile, when the redoubtable Samuelson pulled away and went on to win comfortably. She missed the world mark by 15 seconds but set a U.S. record, 2 hours, 21 minutes, 21 seconds, that would stand 18

years and cement her stature as a marathon legend. Kristiansen clocked 2:23:06, Mota a personal best 2:23:29 for third. Not until 2002 was there a faster third-place finisher in a women’s marathon. To me, it remains the greatest women’s marathon ever.

Carrie Tollefson

NBC Broadcast 2015-present Olympian, three-time USA national champion, five-time NCAA champion As part of the broadcast team, I have the best seat in the house, which is on the back of a motorcycle right in front of the women’s lead pack! So cool.

I have two favorite memories of the Chicago Marathon. The first was watching Deena Kastor set the U.S. Women’s Masters Marathon record in 2015 with a time of 2:27:47 at the age of 42. What a great race. I can remember being on camera talking about her and she gave me a smile during the race. She is just such a class act on and off the course! My second favorite memory was seeing the pack of ladies last year in 2016 racing so hard togethe—making it a true race like Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski wants. No pacers and just racing. The women set out to take advantage of a great day and then ran together until 30K where Florence Kipligat broke away and won the race in a blazing time of 2:21:32.

I loved seeing the true competiveness displayed by these women!

Greg Meyer

1982 Bank of America 13th fastest American male, tied with Ed Eyestone, in Chicago Marathon event history Chicago Marathon champion, 2:10:59 I remember the 1982 Chicago Marathon as if it were digitally recorded in my head! This was the

first Chicago Marathon that offered prize money. There was, for the first time, some competition with the New York City Marathon for the top athletes.

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The women set out to take advantage of a great day... I loved seeing the true competiveness displayed by these women!

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I estimate that more than a half million people have trained for and finished marathons using my programs—and it all began with Chicago.

Carrie Tollefson NBC Broadcast 2015-present Olympian, three-time USA national champion, five-time NCAA champion I had trained well for the race for a series of months, and went into the day running very well. My coach at the time, Bill Squires, wanted me to sit in the pack until 20 miles, and then see how I felt from there. One of the first Kenyan runners on the roads, Joseph Nzau, took off early, and

by Mile 19, he had about a 90 second lead on the field, which included me! I remember looking at my coach on the press truck, wanting to try and run Joe down, but he kept motioning for me to stay with the pack. Finally, just before Mile 20, he gave me the go ahead to try and catch him. The only runner to go with me was my friend and top Canadian marathoner, Dave

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Edge. I was happy for his company and we worked together to close the gap on Nzau. Around Mile 23, Dave dropped back. I finally caught Joe at around 23.5 miles and I still remember the look on his face when I pulled alongside him. It wasn’t a look of surprise, but more like disappointment.

We ran together for around a half a mile, then I put in a small surge that he didn’t respond to, and I was on my own to the finish.

This was my breakthrough marathon, and a two minute personal best; the race set me up for Boston the following spring. It really was a difference maker for my career.

I also believe it was the beginning of a new Chicago Marathon. The feeling in marathon circles back then was that Chicago was a blue-collar town and that it wouldn’t embrace a major marathon. How wrong that has proven to be! Because of the sponsorship by Bank of America and the leadership of Carey Pinkowski, the race is one of the finest in the world.

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Khalid Khannouchi sets a world record, 2:05:42, and becomes the first man in history to break 2:06 Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France; the U.S. women's soccer team wins the FIFA Women's World Cup in a penalty shootout Race organizers debut the ChampionChip timing system to ensure exact timing for every runner. The wheelchair competition includes 40 athletes, an event record Free Willy star Keiko goes to Iceland for eventual release back into the wild; France wins the World Cup

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Wesley Paul

World age group record set in 1977, 3:15:20 (8 years old ) The Chicago Marathon will always be one of my favorite races. I participated in the first annual Chicago Marathon in 1977. It was known as the Mayor Daley Kurt Fearnley Marathon. My most distinct memory 2007-2009, 2011, 2015 was running down Lake Shore Drive Bank of America Chicago and noticing how incredibly wide it was.

Marathon Elite I was used to running on the narrow Wheelchair Champion paths of the golf course where I did Three-time Paralympic most of my running. Lake Shore Drive gold medalist was literally 100 times wider than my Every time I take the final left hand running trail! It looked, to me, like I turn onto Columbus Drive, it is the was running in the middle of a dream most panicked time of my racing and the world looked so big. I’m very career. Every year I’ve taken that final grateful that the Bank of America turn with a half dozen other wheelchair Chicago Marathon has grown to such racers. Everyone is exhausted. a major international event, and that I Everyone wants the win. We are within was fortunate enough to be a part of inches of each other, and only one will its early history. be the winner. That 20 seconds hurt Continued on page 54

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Catherine Ndereba becomes the first woman to break 2:19 when she delivers Chicago its third world record, 2:18:47.

Pacer Ben Kimondiu stuns everyone when he opts to stay in the race, finishing in 2:08:52 and becoming the first and only pacesetter to ever win the Chicago Marathon Two planes crash into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, collapsing both 25th Anniversary—Paula Radcliffe rewrites the record books Catherine Ndereba becomes the second woman to win buildings. A third and gives Chicago its fourth world record. She smashes the 2:18 Boston and Chicago in the same year; she narrowly misses aircraft hits the barrier, running 2:17:18. Khannouchi wins for the fourth time the course record by 2 seconds, clocking 2:21:23.

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Denise Sauriol

Denise Sauriol

22-time Bank of America Chicago Marathon finisher Running coach This year will mark my 23rd running.

Except for 2009, I have finished every year of the Chicago Marathon from 1994 through 2016. Prior to 2012, I ran the Chicago Marathon for me, now I run it alongside one of my clients. I am honored and inspired to share that journey with them.

It is hard to narrow my favorite memory down to one because three memories stand out. The first would be the 1994 Chicago Marathon. This was the first year that I ran. The girl who searched

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Evans Rutto repeats as champion. 33,125 participants from 121 countries cross the finish line American Deena Kastor wins an Olympic bronze medal in the marathon in Athens, Greece; Ken Jennings wins over $2.5 Evans Rutto sets a marathon debut record with his million dollars winning time, 2:05:50 on Jeopardy!

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The second memory was walking the first mile of the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. On August 16th, 2009, I survived a near fatal car accident.

That day became my re-birthday. I knew I could not run the marathon, but I wanted to be part of my favorite day.

The accident brought to light that the journey is the destination. So now when I run a marathon, I focus more on a good time than solely my clock time.

Lastly, since 2013, I started running the marathon with one of my clients. I run alongside them from start to finish.

Helping people achieve something that they didn’t think they could do sticks to my soul. On October 8th, I will run with one of my first time marathon runners.

Randy Burt

Bank of America Chicago Marathon Alumni Runner 1977-present

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The girl who searched for confidence throughout her life but would come up empty, tapped into what was always there that day. That finish line became the death of 'I can’t' and the birth of 'I can.'

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for confidence throughout her life but would come up empty, tapped into what was always there that day. That finish line became the death of “I can’t” and the birth of “I can.”

Denise Sauriol 22-time Bank of America Chicago Marathon finisher

My fondest marathon memory occurred while running in the 1985 Chicago Marathon. Excitement was high because Steve Jones who had set the

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Cold temperatures, gusting winds and chilling rain challenge runners. Robert Cheruiyot outsprints Daniel Njenga to win.

Cheruiyot slips and falls at the finish line. Berhane Adere sets an Ethiopian national record with her win in 2:20:42 The Abbott Word Marathon Majors is established. The initial series includes five of the largest and most American Deena Kastor claims her first major marathon renowned marathons victory, fending off a hard charging Constantina Dita to win globally: Boston Maraby five seconds in 2:21:25 Disneyland celebrates thon, Virgin Money its 50th birthday; London Marathon, Harry Potter and BMW Berlin Marathon, the Goblet of Fire Bank of America tops the movie box Chicago Marathon and office, grossing TCS New York City $896,911,078; the Marathon. The Tokyo Chicago White Sox Marathon joins the win the World Series series in 2012

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As a result of record setting temperatures close to 90 degrees, Chicago Marathon organizers cancel the marathon midway through for the first time in the event’s history.

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world record one year earlier on the Dave Walters Creigh Kelley Chicago course was running again. 2015 Men’s 60-64 age group 670 AM The Score Sports His finish time in 1985 was one winner, 2:45:26; radio broadcaster second off the world record at that 1988 Olympic Trials Qualifier 1989: First place award for the time. Adding to the excitement, Joan 777 Airline captain 1988 Chicago Marathon radio Benoit Samuelson ran a new Female I first ran my first Bank of America broadcast from the Illinois American Record on the Chicago Chicago Marathon in 2004, and I have United Press International course in 1985. That record stood finished a total of eight times. I knew Award Competition for Radio for 18 years. On a personal note, I ran and competed against Executive Race I started with Chicago in the Bob a 3:05, my personal best that year in Director Carey Pinkowski way back in Bright years. I met Bright in the late Chicago. The course at that time had the 1970s! My work as a 777 captain '70s at a Jeff Galloway running camp. a beautiful finish in Lincoln Park with allows me to use my time overseas He was just getting started, and he the last few miles along Lake Shore to get much of my training in. My invited me to come and do part of Drive, it was a beautiful setting. 1985 favorite memory from Chicago is from the radio broadcast. It was all done was a very special race. the 2015 race where I finished strong in such a different way—we were and negative split a 2:45, and then I inventing things as we went along. For flew overall winner, Dickson Chumba, me, it was interesting because I was to Brussels the next day! For the 2017 a good athlete but not a great one. I race, I plan on running with my son Dan, reveled in the idea that I could be part which will be a first for us. Something of something this cool. I just wanted that motivates me is being able to run to be part of the game. Bright and with younger athletes and pull them Fred Lebow created this deliberate to better performances. Hopefully rivalry between Chicago and New York that will happen this year at the that was good for the sport because Chicago Marathon as well! it became a story.

The '80s were an exciting decade for running. The 1988 Chicago Marathon stands out to me. The race starts and we are watching the live feed and this guy goes to the front and no one

Dave Walters

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Olympic marathon gold medalist, Sammy Wanjiru, breaks the course record by one second, crossing the line in 2:05:41. Kurt Fearnley wins the men’s wheelchair competition for the third year in a row, and newcomer Tatyana McFadden wins her first of seven Chicago Marathons.

Bank of America becomes the new title sponsor the Chicago Marathon and Nike becomes the new footwear and apparel sponsor. Race organizers use a separate elite start time for the men and women Rafael Nadal finally defeats Roger Federer in the Wimbledon finals and grabs the world number one ranking from him; Usain Bolt sets a new world record in the 100m, 9.69 seconds

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Registration closes after just 31 days; the Charity Program raises a record $13.4 million Cadel Evans becomes the first Australian to win the Tour de France; Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street become global and national headlines; Adele’s Wanjiru and Tsegaye Kebede fight to the finish in one of 35th anniversary—an event record 37,475 runners cross the the most epic duels in Chicago Marathon history. Wanjiru finish line; Tsegaye Kebede becomes the first runner to break Rolling in the Deep uses the “hill” on Roosevelt Road to throw in a final burst 2:05 in Chicago, setting the course record in 2:04:38 is number 1 on the of speed and repeat as champion Michael Phelps Billboard chart The world’s tallest became the most building, the Burj decorated Olympian Khalifa, which stands of all time at the 2,716ft high with London Olympics, 160 floors, opens in bringing his medal Dubai; the Academy count to twenty-two; of Motion Picture Arts New York City Maraand Sciences features thon race organizers 10 Best Picture cancel the event in nominees instead the aftermath of of five Hurricane Sandy

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The men’s wheelchair competition features an historic finish as 11 men finish within 11 seconds of each other, with Josh George edging Kurt Fearnley at the line by one second The highest paid sportsman in 2014 according to Forbes magazine and Sports Illustrated is boxer Floyd Mayweather Dennis Kimetto smashes the course record and becomes with $105 million the only man in Chicago Marathon history to dip under 2:04, clocking 2:03:45; Tatyana McFadden becomes the first dollars in earnings; Malaysia Airlines athlete ever to win four Abbott World Marathon Majors in Flight 370 disappears a single season The Boston Marathon Bombings kill three people and injure 264; Lance Armstrong admits to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey

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Tatyana McFadden becomes the most decorated champion in Chicago Marathon history with seven wins; Abel Kirui makes a career comeback with his win and Florence Kiplagat repeats as female champion American Galen Rupp wins an Olympic bronze medal in the marathon in Rio; the Chicago Cubs Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski opts not to use The Bank of America Chicago celebrates 40 years of pacesetters or “rabbits” in the elite race for the first time end a 108-year history and running!

Former Bank of in more than two decades. Kenyan men sweep the podium, championship America Chicago Deena Kastor breaks the American masters record and drought after they Tatyana McFadden breaks her own course record Marathon champion, win the World Series The Chicago Eluid Kipchoge, makes Blackhawks win history as part of Nike’s the Stanley Cup; Breaking2 two-hour “Je Suis Charlie” marathon attempt. gains traction on Kipchoge runs faster social media after than any human, the Charlie Hebdo narrowly missing terrorist attacks the goal in 2:00:25 in Paris

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knows him. I called my friend Rich encouraged members of our 3RUN2 grateful and I can’t wait to do it all Castro on the lead press truck. He was community to target the Chicago again this upcoming fall. well versed, and so I called him on the Marathon as their fall marathon. radio and I said, “Rich, who is that I’m proud to say that we had Amanda McGrory guy?” He said, “I think that’s Alejandro approximately 80 runners do it in 2007, 2008, 2010 Bank of Cruz. He has had some good races.” 2016. I can’t even begin to tell you America Chicago Marathon He gave me some information and how rewarding it feels to share this Elite Wheelchair Champion we used that information for the accomplishment!

While this probably isn’t a traditional broadcast. Had it not been for my “favorite race memory,” mine comes friendship with Rich and knowing he from the 2011 Chicago Marathon. was on the lead vehicle, we would A mechanical issue with my chair have been flustering and floundering. prevented me from finishing the race That was so memorable, and Cruz but I got to see a whole different side won! We didn’t see ourselves as doing of what makes a marathon happen. I anything historical. We were just was forced to stop at a medical tent present and in it. around four miles, got to see the lead men and women’s packs come Nicolas Bernal through, had a lovely chat with the Co-founder, 3RUN2 EMTs at the tent who arranged a threeruntwo.com speedy ride back to the finish for me, Nicolas Bernal and spent some time with my family Our relationship to the Bank of in the VIP bleachers (next to a few America Chicago Marathon is My absolute favorite Chicago of the Team USA Soccer women). multifaceted and long lasting. Micaela Marathon memory was last fall. I I watched four of my teammates (sister and co-founder of 3RUN2) and was blessed to train with a number qualify to run the marathon at the I have run as individuals and later in of hard working, amazing runners for London Paralympic Games, and life as part of our community, 3RUN2. months leading up to race day. On enjoyed a beautiful Chicago fall day.

We take pride in producing a cheer race day, I ran the majority of the Maybe not the race outcome I had zone between miles 17 and 18. race with four of my closest friends. hoped for, but it was an amazing My personal involvement dates back We ran as a group at a challenging experience to see all of the behindto 2010. I’ve run every year since pace and never let up. I can honestly the-scenes work that goes on to then, and I am currently training say that I would not have performed make marathon day go so smoothly. for my eighth consecutive Chicago as well as I did if I didn’t have these Marathon. As of 2013, we’ve guys by my side. For that, I’m truly Continued on page 58

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Larry Moon

Larry Moon

Bank of America Chicago Marathon Alumni Runner 1977-present 1977 is the year I started running. I gave up smoking and started running at the beginning of the year. I’d drive to the track on Chicago Avenue and run two laps. And then I’d drive home.

I realized I was spending more time driving so I started running to and from. When they announced they were having a Chicago Distance Classic in July, I didn’t know if I could run that far—it was 20K. I finished that and I was slow, but I finished. A few weeks later they announced they were going to have the first Chicago Marathon. I wanted to run, but I was not trained to run the marathon. I didn’t know how to train so I would just do laps around the track.

My first Chicago Marathon has to be my favorite. It was an unknown territory, and the furthest I had ever run before was 20K. I specifically remember the half way mark and the finish line being near Buckingham Fountain in 1977. At that point, I looked over and saw the winner crossing the finish line. I met the first winner, Dan Cloeter, many years later. I took my bib number from the first race and had him sign it. After I finished it, I thought, “Well, now I can say I always ran the first Chicago Marathon.” A week later, I thought it if

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Alicia Gonzalez

Executive Director Chicago Run Mile 20 Aid Station Captain

I work closely with the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in several different ways: 1) We are a charity partner and have 70 runners that fundraise on behalf of Chicago Run; 2) Chicago Run hosts the Mile 20 Aid Station in Pilsen and I am the crazy one on the mic all day cheering on all the 40,000 runners as they cross “The Wall”—Pilsen is where I grew up, so Carey [Pinkowski] and Mike [Nishi] thought that placing us there made the most sense back in 2008; 3) I ran three Chicago Marathons prior to starting Chicago Run, but then was convinced to work the event rather than run it from 2008 onward; 4) Bank of America is a strong supporter of our Chicago Run programs serving over 17,000 Chicago Public School students.

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My times kept improving so I wanted to see what I could do.

Back in the 1980s, I got gung-ho about running. I’ve actually run 60 marathons and six ultramarathons.

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I knew how to train, I could run better.

I said I thought I would keep doing it to a friend. My friend didn’t think I could do it, and it egged me on. After a while, it got to be where I had to keep doing it. My times kept improving so I wanted to see what I could do. Back in the 1980s, I got gung-ho about running. I’ve actually run 60 marathons and six ultramarathons.

-Larry Moon Bank of America Chicago Marathon Alumni Runner 1977-present

weeks of training as I had broken my ankle at the beginning of the summer and was out until the end of August. I managed to cross the finish line before the race was called due to the heat, but I remember feeling such camaraderie as all the runners and volunteers were encouraging each other to keep going—more than at any other race I had run. It was a true showing of the spirit of the marathon —commitment, diversity, perseverance and camaraderie. That experience solidified my belief that sports have the power to unite. A few months later, I joined forces with a local family foundation to start Chicago Run—an organization that utilizes running for Alicia Gonzalez improved health, community-building and social inclusion. Although for In 2007, I ran Chicago to qualify for some runners, the 2007 marathon Boston. That was the year that it was a disappointment due to the was brutally hot and I only had four weather, I turned that experience into

a positive one that inspired me to help launch Chicago Run. And 10 years later we have our first Chicago Run youth who will be running in the 2017 Marathon and fundraising for Chicago Run. That is a full circle story of the impact of the marathon.

Jenny Spangler

670 AM The Score Sports radio broadcaster Elite Runner and Coach

October 20, 1985, marks the date that I first fell in love with the Chicago Marathon. I have a clear vision of watching Steve Jones race out of his mind to come within one second of breaking the world record, and the even more impressive battle between Joan Benoit Samuelson, Ingrid Kristiansen, and Rosa Mota with Joanie not only breaking the tape but setting the American record in the process.

finally nailed a good one! After two achilles surgeries and the birth of my daughter, Kelli, I was anxious to get back on the starting line, and the 2003 Chicago Marathon was exactly where I wanted to pick up with my marathon career.

October 12 was a picture perfect day for running. As I crossed the finish line, I looked up at the clock and saw 2:32:38, which was the second fastest marathon of my life. The day became even better when someone came up to me and said: “Congratulations on breaking the American Masters Record.” I looked at this person in disbelief as I quite honestly did not know that there was even a thing called a “masters record”!

What a rush!

I have not raced the Chicago Marathon since 2005, but I have had the honor of witnessing many exciting races on the back of the women’s press truck for the past 10 years reporting on the race for My first two times lining up for 670 AM The Score. As I reflect the Chicago Marathon weren’t on all of the amazing races I exactly noteworthy and in fact, have seen unfold and the other they were painful. Attempt #1: various roles I have had with the 1993. My most vivid memory from Chicago Marathon as an athlete, this race was running down Lake spectator and coach, I cannot Shore Drive for the final eight help but get excited visualizing miles with driving pellets of snow what is in store for the next 40 hitting me in the face. Attempt years of this race. I get goose #2: 1994. My goal was to run bumps just thinking about it! the qualifying time for the 1996 Olympic Marathon Trials. I was in great shape but went out a little Enrique Rivera too aggressively and ended up Venados Running Club stopping several times with calf I have very fond memories of cramps during the last four miles. the Bank of America Chicago I hobbled to the finish in 2:44—it Marathon that date back for as was an extremely unpleasant way long as I can remember. Starting to run 26.2. in the 1980s, the Venados And then it happened. Eighteen Running Club has participated in years after making up my mind the Chicago Marathon in some that I was going to race the capacity, whether it be running, Chicago Marathon, and 10 years volunteering or spectating along after my first time lining up, I the course (especially at Mile Continued on page 61

Charity Program: 2002-present Since 2002, more than 100,000 Bank of America Chicago Marathon participants have raised over $167 million for local, national and global causes. As the Charity Program celebrates 15 years of success, the Chicago Marathon looks forward to welcoming 173 charities and 10,000 runners on October 8.

“Our Charity Program speaks to the power and spirit of the running community, and one of the greatest legacies of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon is the significant impact the Charity Program has had on local, national and global causes,” said Carey Pinkowski, executive race director. “Since 2002, charities have increased their revenue and visibility, and we have welcomed new runners across our finish line. We are proud that one of the premier hallmarks on race day is seeing thousands of charity runners striding together on the streets of Chicago to make a difference in the world.”

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19 in Pilsen). My dad, Eliberto Rivera, ran with the Venados Running Club when it was first founded in 1981.

He has been running the Chicago Marathon with the team since it was sponsored by Beatrice Foods and then Old Style and LaSalle Bank. As a toddler, I can recall running around the city to different mile markers with my mom trying to catch a glimpse of my dad and other Venados Running Club members (Pablo, Juan, Everardo, Rodolfo, Luis, Roberto, Ricardo, Adela, Selena, Pedro and Tony to name a few of the originals)! The Venados Running Club was and is my second family, and

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this sentiment came full circle for me in 2009 when I trained for my first Chicago Marathon. My dad, who had not run in several years, was so proud to be on the other side as a spectator, watching his son take on the course he spent years conquering.

It brought back many memories for him and some familiar faces as well!

During the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo, we had several older runners come up to us and ask, “Is this the same club from the '80s?” noticing our Venados t-shirts. It was at that point that I felt, in some small way, that our club had left a mark on the Chicago running community. After that, my dad began running again, and in 2012 we both conquered the marathon and crossed the finish line together, which helped me realize

one of my life’s goals. Today the Venados running club continues to be a second family to so many, especially as we introduce a third generation of Venados to the community as they watch their parents take on the Chicago Marathon, just as I was able to do.

Sean Hartnett

Motorbike photographer for elite athletes Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Sammy went on to set a Chicago course record, 2:05:41, and for me the lasting memory of Sammy will be his ferocious mid-race sprint and the clap-clap of his shoes. Wanjiru preferred hard soled racing flats that clapped with each foot strike. Often this sound was lost among crowd noise and other runners, but late in the race as Sammy closed in on victory, all that remained was that clap-clap.

Bob Gordon

Coach and agent

I have covered over 20 Chicago I have worn “numerous hats” with Marathons for Track & Field News, the Bank of America Chicago and I started working as a motorbike Marathon since 1984, but for the most photographer in 2003. My favorite part, I work as an agent/manager, and Bank of America Chicago Marathon on TV broadcasts as a spotter and memory involves Sammy Wanjiru, the pace and split consultant.

Kenyan who won the Beijing Olympic I have so many great memories from Marathon in 2008 when he was just the Chicago Marathon: watching 21 years old. Sammy went on to win Steve Jones break the world record back-to-back Chicago titles in 2009 in 1984 (the year after dropping and 2010 before tragically passing out) in 2:08:05, and then returning in 1985 and missing the world record away in 2011.

Sammy won five of his seven career by one second. He ran 2:07:13. I marathons by defying most tenets also remember all the great races of prudent marathoning—starting that Khalid Khannouchi ran (fourat a breakneck pace and eschewing time winner in 1997, 1999, 2000 steady pace for radical surges. Sammy and 2002). The great duel between had the ability to defy the marathon Sammy Wanjiru and Tsegaye Kebede distance like few other athletes as he in the 2010 Chicago Marathon also was able to land back on his feet like stands out. a cat, and launch another attack.

His 2009 win is remembered for a flat out 500-meter mid-race sprint. Just before halfway, Sammy slipped to the back of the 15 man lead pack to chat with training partner Isaac Macharia who was dealing with a side stitch.

Crossing over the Chicago River, Sammy looked up to see that some of his competitors had seized the opportunity to make a break. His reaction was to set off in a full sprint, quickly making up the 30-meter gap, and he just kept going, with just three competitors able to match his torrid pace.

Dave Zimmer

CEO and Owner Fleet Feet Sports - Chicago Fleet Feet Chicago has been a retail partner, supporter, volunteer, friend and expo vendor since 1996. In 1999, we were at the corner of North Ave. and Sedgwick Avenue in Old Town with our Elvis Rally Station when we saw Khalid Khannouchi pass us running on world record pace. There was an excitement that filled the air; the crowd knew that something special was happening. We started to announce

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to the runners that Khannouchi was on world record pace. We listened to the radio broadcast and gave updates every few minutes. Cheers erupted when we announced that the world record was just set on the Chicago Marathon course with Khannouchi running 2:05:42. Pure excitement.

Tom Cooney

President, Lakeshore Athletic Services My fascination with the marathon began in 1960 when I watched Abebe Bikila win the Rome Olympics running barefoot. My interest continued throughout my running career at Loyola Academy, Loyola University Chicago and my coaching days at Loyola University.

When the opportunity came to run the inaugural Chicago Marathon, I viewed it as an organized training run and did nothing special to prepare for it. I finished in 78th place without drinking an ounce of water and walked back to the car thinking to myself “What’s the big deal about running a marathon?” I learned 16 years later when I ran Boston that the challenge in running a marathon is when you try to run fast. At that point, my fascination turned into respect for the distance.

I began to work on the Chicago Marathon in 1987 and have filled many roles. For many years I rode on a scooter along with the male leaders, putting out fires along the course and taking care of things that a lead vehicle could not get to.

Once I had forgotten to check the fuel tank before the race started and as I came down Jackson Boulevard, I ran out of gas. As I approached Racine Avenue, I coasted into the gas station only to realize that I had no money and no wallet. In a panic, I turned to the crowd and yelled, “Can anyone lend me $2?” Some kind soul jogged over and gave me the money.

I ran inside to pay for it, pumped a gallon or so and was back on the lead pack in a matter of minutes.

Hillary Gelfman

2014 Top Individual Fundraiser Award I have run the Chicago Marathon each year since 2011. In 2013, I started running for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), in honor of my sister Vickie who had been diagnosed with leukemia earlier that year. She too was a runner, having completed her first marathon the year prior. I ended up raising over $33,000 in her honor

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that year, and knew I had to keep running in subsequent years in support of Vickie and to help LLS raise needed funds for blood cancer research. Sadly, Vickie passed away in 2014, and in her memory “Team Vickie” raised over $90,000 for LLS that year. Since 2013, I’ve been fortunate to have raised $200,000 for LLS through my participation in the Chicago Marathon.

I’ve loved each of the Chicago Marathons I’ve run, but 2014 and 2015 were my favorites. 2014 was a very difficult year, as the Chicago Marathon that year was only two months after my sister passed away. However, it was also extremely rewarding, as I was able to see firsthand how Team Vickie came together and really supported my efforts to honor my sister’s memory.

My family flew in from Maryland, as well as some of Vickie’s best friends, and I felt like I had so much incredible support all weekend long.

2015 was also incredible, as I was able to do a lot of press for the Top Fundraiser Award and was honored to be able to spread awareness about LLS and also tell my sister’s story more broadly.

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October 7, 2007 – Then there’s the 2007 Chicago 30th Anniversary Marathon.

Any event that has been around more than a handful of years, The showcase 30th anniversary whether a marathon or a 5K, event that took place 10 years has produced its fair share of ago is in a category all its own. stories. There’s the cold year.

Those who were part of it— The hot year. The rainy year. regardless of their capacity— There’s the time that crazy, can conjure up the memories unexpected thing happened at like it was yesterday. Those the worst possible moment who weren’t there have likely and it is a miracle the race heard stories of the record even happened at all year.

88-degree heat and high There’s a kinship that comes humidity that blanketed the with having been part of it. city with nary a breath of wind Those involved tell and re-tell coming off the lake, and the their own versions of similar fact that officials made the stories. difficult call to cancel the race midway through.

After 40 years, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon But the 2007 Chicago has produced some weather- Marathon cannot be defined

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by the conditions or the events of that particular day alone. The legacy of the 2007 Chicago Marathon is one that is still being written. It is much more than a hot race that got cancelled. It is an event that helped reshape a rapidly growing road race industry that was, in many cases, still running on the rails of a bygone era of event management.

“As difficult as that day was, it caused us to deconstruct the whole operation, re-evaluate it and build it back up from the ground level,” says Michael Nishi, general manager of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

A new era of race management “For the past 10 years we have remained humble and driven by the 2007 experience,” says George Chiampas, medical director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

“We have developed significant best practices on marathon medicine and communications systems. We have published leading papers in medical journals. And we have shared

everything that we have learned— we are the most collaborative global leaders when it comes to making sure running events are operating at their highest levels.”

think that the conditions of the 2007 event were an anomaly likely never to be seen again.

in advance and in real-time to participants and volunteers and updated their aid station and medical operations, among other things.

But Nishi and Pinkowski knew that the way forward was not to discount the 2007 race as happenstance, but to learn from it and to make a great event even better.

Everything felt like it was in place to handle any and all possible race From the staffing and management day conditions, yet it still came as of on-course aid stations, to the flow something of a surprise to see a race of communication from the event day forecast that showed temperatures staff volunteers and participants, to coordination with local and federal “We had experienced a lot of success creeping back up into the mid-80s. agencies, it was all subject to a fresh over the years,” says Pinkowski. “The “The marathon in 2007 taught us that story of the Chicago Marathon was incidents beyond our control can and look in the aftermath of 2007. one of world-class performances and will occur,” says Chiampas. “Our entire “We had been doing certain things in positive runner experiences. We pride operations team worked to ensure certain ways for a lot of years,” says ourselves as being leaders, from both that our communications response, Nishi. “We faced a lot of resistance an athletic performance standpoint preparations and management were at to making changes.” and an operational standpoint. In their most optimal to protect runners.” retrospect, 2007 revealed to us that Nishi recalls that there was pushback there were parts of our event that we “In 2008, we did not have ideal against some of the new processes needed to refocus and improve upon.” conditions, but we had better and protocols. After all, the proof was communication and operations in the pudding of the previous 29 Heading into the 2008 event, the systems,” adds Nishi. “Everyone years, when the Chicago Marathon Chicago Marathon team had spent understood their roles.” had grown, almost seamlessly, from a year rethinking and refining its a local road race into an international systems. They deepened their Best of all, Nishi states, “We came event (from 1995-2003 alone, the coordination with the city through together as a team to provide a marathon experienced a boom, the forward command operation, safe and memorable experience for increasing from 9,000 registered developed an event alert system everyone involved.” He also recalls runners to 40,000). It was easy to to communicate course conditions that many of those who had been

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adverse to change came back to offer their thanks, and to credit the new planning and training that helped prepare them.

The story of the 2007 Chicago Marathon could very easily have ended there, especially with the sense of accomplishment that came from a successful 2008 event amid warm racing temperatures, but it doesn’t.

“If any one runner has a bad experience, that’s a detriment to the entire industry,” Nishi says. “We wanted to share what we learned— the good and the bad—so that we could help pave the way for others who might find themselves in similar situations.”

A new era of collaboration Tapping friends from across the industry, Nishi and Pinkowski convened the first Race Management Program (RMP) summit the following year. The initial RMP summit amounted to a handful of race directors and operations managers sitting around a table exchanging information about their respective events.

That, in and of itself, was groundbreaking. Race directors, historically, were hesitant to share inside information about their events for fear of giving away their “secret sauce.” They are a competitive bunch, and that competitiveness can bleed into everything from athlete recruitment and course records to unique T-shirt designs and finisher medals.

For Nishi and Pinkowski, the 2007 and 2008 Chicago Marathons cut through all of that.

“We were fortunate to be in a position to reach out to other industry leaders and events and to share what we learned so that everyone else would be better

We came together as a team to provide a safe and memorable experience for everyone

prepared,” stresses Nishi. “We need “The 2007 Chicago Marathon was to ensure that participant safety tremendously important for our comes first.” industry in that it forced us to recognize the broader impact of our This past June, RMP hosted its ninth events,” says Brant Kotch, president annual summit in Chicago. It is a and race director of the Houston free event run for and by road race Marathon Committee and one of industry experts. It includes race the people who was sitting around directors from some of the largest that table in 2008. “There’s a lot marathons in the world, to smaller, we can learn from and share with local events that are just starting one another for the benefit of our out. The 2017 edition had 80 own events, whether we’re putting attendees representing hundreds of on a race in Houston or Chicago. events.

Ultimately, 2007 was a tough year for our friends in Chicago, but the While the initial focus was on safety road racing industry in the U.S. and initiatives and operations, the RMP even worldwide is stronger because now encompasses all event aspects. of it.”

Part of the RMP also includes event managers attending each other’s As the Bank of America Chicago events, both to help out in key Marathon celebrates 40 years, the roles and to observe each other’s 30th anniversary event still echoes operations. as more than just a story of a hard run on a hot day.

It’s a pretty simple premise, Nishi explains. “We take common best “Was 2007 a tough day for everyone? practices from our own events Absolutely,” Pinkowski says. and share them with our industry “Historically, it was unprecedented, counterparts.” and it taught all of us in the industry that we had work to do. We owe a That simple premise has helped lot of the enhancements that you change the way the industry see today to what we experienced operates and shares information. and learned from on that day.”

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David Waskowski Janet Raugust It takes 12 months Director, Participant Services Creative Director of planning and Working with the marathon Working with the marathon since 2006 coordination to put on since 2005 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: the Bank of America Meeting with our amazing staff, At my first Marathon, I was lucky Chicago Marathon. vendors, city partners and volunteers enough to stand on the start stage the weeks leading up to the race, at the start of the race. There is Here are some favorite inwhen everything is coming together. about 30 seconds before the race starts where there is no music, no memories from the talking and just thousands of people Nicole Lockwood team behind the completely silent. Then the horn Coordinator, Volunteer Program goes off and there is this rush of marathon’s production Working with the marathon excitement watching everyone cross since 2016 at Chicago Event the start line—it can’t be compared Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: to any other feeling—and I have it Management (CEM) After many hours of managing Sandhya Krishnan

Senior Manager, Charity, Community and International Programs Working with the Marathon since 2013 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: The moment you pause and realize things are set, the sun is actually up and the runners are ready to go.

Paul Brackey

Senior Director, Sales & Expo Working with the marathon since 1999 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: My favorite memory was the year I started in 1999. An amazing performance from both the winners that year. Khalid Khannouchi chased down the leader in the final miles and broke the world record for the win. Joyce Chepchumba tripped and fell hard at Mile 10 and then got back up and hunted down the leader in a side-by-side sprint down Columbus Drive. WOW!!!

George Chiampas

Medical Director Working with the marathon since 2007 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: My favorite memory is the same every year – it’s having the opportunity to see this great city transformed by runners and placed on the world stage. Seeing thousands of runners at the start in Grant Park is always a highlight for me.

our volunteer check-in at Harrison Volunteer Compound, a coworker told me I should go watch the race. I argued that I couldn’t leave my post, but eventually agreed to wander over to the finish line, “but only for 5 minutes!” I stood at the finish line watching the runners cross, and for the first time all day I felt stressfree. It was at this moment when I truly realized the level of support that the volunteers provide to the runners—from holding the rope at the start line, to handing out water on course, to presenting runners with their hard-earned medals at the finish line—the event would not be possible without these 10,000 volunteers who were dispersed throughout Grant Park and the City of Chicago.

Sean Barus

Director, Operations Management Working with the marathon since 2000 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: My first is seeing my father cross the finish line in 2000. My second happens during our routine security sweeps in Grant Park. I have a quiet, calm moment that lasts about 10-15 minutes. All of our staff is cleared out of the park and the general public is gone as well. I find myself in this peaceful place where I stop and appreciate the fact that we just built a small city within a big city. All of the planning and preparation is done and now it is time to execute, and welcome 100,000 people the following day.

every year!

Alex Sawyer

Senior Manager, Communications and Website Working with the marathon since 2010 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: My first Marathon was 10-10-10.

That year's campaign was "The Date to Motivate." Marathon Sunday came and it didn't disappoint. It was an amazing day filled with great performances including the dramatic finish between Sammy Wanjiru and Tsegaye Kebede. The next day our team came together for what we called 10-11-10, "The Date to Celebrate." That night we shared our experiences from the weekend and celebrated the collective efforts of our small but mighty group. But what stands out to me from my first year was the realization that when I started race week, I didn't know what to expect. By Sunday, I knew I was part of something special.

And on Monday, I was surrounded by the people who would become my family on a journey that I would never forget.

Tracey Wilson

Manger, Elite Athlete Program and Participant Programs Working with the marathon since 2007 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: Two memories, same athlete: I was volunteering in 2005 and had the incredible opportunity to work the finish line where I was able to

witness Deena Kastor’s win over Constantina Tomescu-Dita. Deena was the American record holder for the marathon and had taken bronze in the 2004 Olympic marathon; Constantina was the defending champion, so the stage was set for a great race. By Mile 19, Deena had built a 40 second lead, but Constantina slowly ate into it. At the finish, Deena broke the tape to win by a margin of five seconds. It was an incredible and gutsy performance from both women. Post-race, I was lucky enough to have Deena sign my hat. Fast-forward 10 years and in my role as Elite Athlete Program Manager, I was again lucky enough to have a front-row seat to another fantastic Deena Kastor performance when she broke the American masters marathon record with her 2:27:47 finish. She is one amazing athlete!

Eileen Hurley

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Vice President, Sponsorship & Business Development Working with the marathon since 2005 Favorite Chicago Marathon memory: It was 9 p.m. the night before the Marathon. I was heading to my hotel room for a few hours of sleep when a man frantically approached me in the Hilton Hotel lobby. He realized he misplaced his bib when he returned to his hotel room. Not knowing what to do, he desperately drove back downtown to search for an event organizer. He thought he would be able to locate someone at the Hilton Hotel since it’s the headquarter hotel and that’s where he found me. I knew this was going to be a tough task trying to locate his bib, but after about an hour and a half of making a few calls, I was able to track down his lost bib, which was found and turned in at the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo.

When I announced the bib was found, he got down on his knees and cried for joy and couldn’t thank me enough for helping him out. It was a great feeling knowing that I was able to help him, especially after he traveled 1,800 miles to run his first marathon!

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• Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation • Common Threads • Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation • Cornerstone Community Outreach • Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America • CureSearch for Children’s Cancer • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation • Danny Did Foundation • Dare2tri • debra of America • Dreams for Kids • Easter Seals Central Illinois • Endure to Cure Pediatric Cancer Foundation • Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago • Equine Dreams • Erika’s Lighthouse: A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression • Esperanza Health Centers • Every Mother Counts • Fuel Up to Play 60 • Gilda’s Club Chicago • Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana • Girl Up • Girls on the Run • Golden Apple Foundation • Goldie’s Place • Grassroot Soccer • Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association • Greater Chicago Food Depository • GRIP Outreach For Youth • Harley Helping Hands • Have Dreams • Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation • HDSA • Heifer International • Homes for Our Troops • Illinois Spina Bifida Association • Imerman Angels/Team Imerman Angels • Infant Welfare Society of Chicago • Inheritance of Hope • Jack H. Marston II Melanoma Fund • JDRF • Jewish United Fund • Joslin Diabetes Center • La Casa Norte • Latinos Progresando • Launch U • Les Turner ALS Foundation • Loyola Medicine • LuMind Research Down Syndrome Foundation • Lung Power Team • LUNGevity Foundation • Lupus Society of Illinois • March of Dimes • Marklund • Marley’s Mutts Dog Rescue • Mercy Home for Boys & Girls • Misericordia • Mission of Our Lady of the Angels • MMRF • MS Society •

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Bank of America Cheer Zones – Miles 13 and 26 Connect with Bank of America at two locations to support all race participants. Bank of America will provide the cheer items to help you support your runners. The Mile 13 Cheer Zone will be located on Monroe and Jefferson Street (two blocks from Union Station). The Mile 26 Cheer Zone is near the finish line between Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road (two blocks from CTA Red Line Roosevelt stop).

Connect to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, its neighborhoods, the city and each other at bankofamerica.com/chicagomarathon or at #ChicagoMarathon.

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Come support runners at the race’s halfway point, just after they cross the Chicago River. The energy is high as runners get ready to take on the second half of the race. The U.S. Trust Cheer Zone will be located on Jefferson Street between Monroe and Adams Street.

Nike will celebrate race week and race day with activities throughout Chicago, including special events, athlete appearances, race day course activations and post-race celebrations.

Follow Nike on Twitter @NikeChicago and on Instagram @nikechicago.

Check out nike.com/chicago for all race week information.

Merrill Lynch Cheer Zone Grab a bull bell and join the D.J. to ring on runners at the Merrill Lynch Cheer Zone to give runners that extra bit of inspiration as they make their way through the West Loop. The Merrill Lynch Cheer Zone is located at Mile 16.5 (Halsted Street and Jackson Boulevard).

Charity Block Party Thousands of Bank of America Chicago Marathon participants are running and fundraising on behalf of important local, national and global causes. To celebrate the impact these participants make, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon will host a Charity Block Party near Mile 14. Spectators, family and friends are welcome to cheer on their charity runners at the Charity Block Party located at Adams Street and Loomis Street near Whitney Young High School.

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27th Mile Post-race party The 27th Mile Post-Race Party is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., with live music beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Upon exiting the finish area, celebrate your accomplishment at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon 27th Mile Post-Race Party in Butler Field, near the start line at Columbus Drive and Jackson Drive. The outdoor celebration will feature live music, food and beverages available for purchase. Participants age 21 and over (photo ID required) can redeem the tear-off portion of their bib number for one free Goose Island beer.

Continue your post-race celebration with Goose Island Beer Co. Goose Island is proud to set the pace for race day refreshments in Chicago.

Enjoy 312 Urban Wheat Ale or an Old Man Grumpy Pale Ale at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon 27th Mile Post-Race Party, in Grant Park’s Butler Field, immediately after the race.

After the 27th Mile Post-Race Party, continue the celebration at one of the five Goose Island Post-Race Participant Celebrations throughout the city. Be one of the first three hundred and twelve runners to arrive wearing a 2017 finisher medal, at any of the five locations, and the first 312 Urban Wheat Ale is on the house!

This year’s Goose Island post-race participant celebrations will take place at: Goose Island Tap Room 1800 W. Fulton St. Chicago, IL 60622 Lizzie McNeal’s 400 N. McClurg Ct. Chicago, IL 60611 312.467.1992 The Scout Waterhouse + Kitchen 1301 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.705.0595 Hard Rock Café Chicago 63 W. Ontario St. Chicago, IL 60654 312.943.2252 The Plaza at Park Grill 11 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60602 312.521.7275

Runner Reunite Connect with friends and family after the race, at Runner Reunite.

Alphabetical signs (A-Z) will be staged on Columbus Drive adjacent to the 27th Mile Post-Race Party. Plan to connect in this area and then head to the Post-Race Party to celebrate.

City Scents flowers for sale City Scents is offering “good luck” and “congratulations” floral arrangements and bouquets for purchase online and on race day. For delivery to a hotel, home or office, go to the Marathon store at chicagomarathon.com or call 312.836.0211; or stop at the 209 E. Ohio St. location. City Scents also offers.

Floral bouquets for sale on race day in Grant Park at four locations near the start and finish areas.

Information Presented by Molex An Information Tent will be located within the Bank of America Chicago Marathon 27th Mile Post-Race Party.

Volunteers will assist participants and spectators with general inquires as well as lost & found items.

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40 Years of Innovation In 2016, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon became the largest race to receive Evergreen Level Certification from the Council for Responsible Sport. The team spent seven years incorporating socially and environmentally responsible practices to become a global leader in sustainability among its peers. Congratulations on such a noteworthy accomplishment on the eve of the 40th running of the race.

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