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Steffan

Chicago marathon 2007

While some of us will be running a 10k in Southend on Sunday, we have a few club mates heading to Chicago for 26.2 miles.

Best of luck to all of them.

I found a link to watch it online if there is no tv coverage.

http://web.wcsn.com/index.jsp


cheers
mArKw

I think Dessie could do a 2:30 time if he didn't do a pre-marathon motivation speech icon_biggrin
Lee O

Watching Dessie 5k split 20.11....6.29 pace
Lee O

Dessie's 10k Split..40.20..6.29 pace
Lee O

Dessie's 15k Split..1.01.09..6.33 Pace...

He is so far 10th GB Man..
Lee O

Dessie's 20k Split..1.22.31..6.38 pace..

Now 9th GB man
Lee O

Dessie's Half Split..1.27.12..6.39 Pace

Still 9th GB Man
Lee O

Dessie's 25k Split..1.45.29..6.47 Pace..

Now 8th GB Man
Lee O

Dessie's 30k Split..2.11.58..7.04 Pace..

Now 11th GB Man
Lee O

Dessie's 35 Split..2.40.41..7.23 Pace

Now 13th GB Man
Lee O

Dessie's 40k Split..3.15.37..7.52 Pace..

Now 20th GB Man..
Lee O

Dessie finishes Chicago Marathon in 03.29.39..7.59 Pace..

Overall Place 1068..


Well Done Steve..
erasedcitizen

I heard it was a scorcher out there! Well done captain
Coach

Indeed it was a scorcher and they stopped timing after 4 hours 30 mins and were telling the runners to walk and not run. Dessie suffered with a bad knee but was determined still to finish. Debbie finished too and wasn't going to let the heat, nor the organisers wishes for everyone to stop and walk, prevent her from getting under 4 hours 30. Well done to you both, true Benfleet spirit, look forward to seeing the tans when you return sunny
runningman

bounce bounce I can confirm that ... i was there last week..Chicago is in the middle of a heat wave it was 85 degrees last weekend !!! Well done to everyone !!
Karl C

OH PLEASE....we always thought it, but now we have proof..


Dessie is a big girl.......no offence.

And to think, Big Phil was only 1/2 hr behind him at the Loch Ness.


"Objects_In_The_Rearview_Mirror_Are_Closer_Than_You_Expect"



cheers

Well done Debbie !
Graham

Hard luck with the weather Capn. Still, at least you got to top up your permatan and saved yourself a fake bake session.

Well done debs, beat the 4:30 cut. News reports sound horrendous.

And you both didn't die.
Pammie

Hey well done yesterday, it did sound to be an awful day weather-wise

and Graham looking on the positive side thats good
Lorri

Well done you two, god knows how how you managed to run in that heat. I take my hat of to you both... I'll stick to Luton nice and cold
Steffan

Masses of respect to Dessie and Deb for finishing that 26.2.
Just heard the news that one 35 year old police officer taking part has died and there are several in critical condition caused by the heat in Chicago.
Thoughts go out to the family of that runner.
Steffan

Also, have a look here at CBS's coverage.


http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=36197@wbbm.dayport.com
Mike Mason

Dessie and Deb, well done it was indeed a bit hot:


>> > I was reading www.cbssportsline.com about the marathon and saw this
>> little
>> > typo; a direct quote (highlighted for effect) from an AP new story
>> > about
>> > the Chicago marathon.
>> >
>> > " Njenga finished third and Cheruiyot fourth. Cheruiyot was in
>> > position
>> to
>> > contend but stomach craps forced him to drop back after 22 miles.
>> > Cheruiyot, who last year slipped on the finish line and banged his head
>> on
>> > the pavement as he raised his hands to celebrate, finished in 2:16:13."
>> >
>> > An interesting typo for sure, and one that I caught very quickly. I
>> guess
>> > there is some possibility that was somewhat of a freudian slip, eh?
>>
>> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: from CNN-Chicago marathon
>
> CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Organizers shut down the
> course four hours after the start of Sunday's Chicago
> Marathon because of 88-degree heat and sweltering
> humidity that left one runner dead and sent at least
> 49 to area hospitals. Another 250 were treated at the
> site.
>
> A 70-year-old runner from Germany collapsed during the
> Chicago Marathon.
>
> Chad Schieber of Midland, Michigan, 35, collapsed
> while running on the South Side and was pronounced
> dead shortly before 1 p.m. at a Veteran's Affairs
> hospital, the Cook County medical examiner's office.
> An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.
>
> George Chiampas, the race's medical director, said
> witnesses reported seeing Schieber collapse and become
> unresponsive. "It sounds like he lost his pulse very
> fast and died on the race course," Chiampas said.
>
> There was another running death Sunday in Arlington,
> Virginia. An unidentified runner from Virginia died
> during the Army Ten-Miler, collapsing near the finish
> at the Pentagon. The race started in 70-degree heat
> and high humidity.
>
> The Chicago race was run in record temperatures,
> topping the mark of 84 degrees in 1979.
>
> Kenya's Patrick Ivuti leaned at the finish line to
> edge Jaouad Gharib of Morocco by 0.05 seconds, making
> him the fifth straight Kenyan to win the race.
>
> Runners were diverted to the starting area, where they
> were provided with medical attention and cooling
> misters. Shortages of water and energy drinks were
> reported along the 26.2-mile route.
>
> Race director Carey Pinkowski said organizers were
> concerned that emergency medical personnel wouldn't be
> able to keep up with heat-related injuries.
>
> "We're seeing a lot of our participants slowing,"
> Pinkowski said. "It was a contingency plan we had in
> place and we decided to implement as a precautionary
> measure."
>
> At first, organizers hoped those who passed the
> halfway mark could complete the run. But eventually
> even those recreational runners were told to turn
> back.
> Still, some runners persevered, although organizers
> said they didn't know how many completed the course.
> Helicopters hovered over the race course while police
> officers shouted through a bullhorn and warned runners
> to slow down and walk.
>
> Lori Kaufman, a runner from St. Louis, said she was
> told to start walking at mile 14. She said the fire
> department turned on hydrants to hose people down
> along the course.
>
> Paul Gardiner, a runner from England, said the weather
> made for a "brutal" run.
>
> "We were at about 18 miles and we heard they canceled
> it and that kind of sent a little bit of concern
> through the crowd," he said. "It's just it's
> impossible to run."
>
> Almost 10,000 of the 45,000 registered runners chose
> to not race in the heat despite more mist stations,
> cooling buses and water-soaked sponges.
>
> Ivuti, competing in only his second major marathon,
> was timed in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 11 seconds in the
> closest finish in the race's history.
>
> "I had never seen a marathon finish up close that was
> like that," head referee Pat Savage said. "This was
> really close, but at the same time you could see that
> one man was ahead of the other."
>
> Ethiopia's Berhane Adere rallied to successfully
> defend her women's title. Adere was timed in 2:33:49
> after passing a surprised Adriana Pirtea, who had a
> comfortable 30-second lead after 24.8 miles.
>
> Ivuti and Gharib surged ahead of defending champion
> Robert Cheruiyot and Daniel Njenga at the 22-mile mark
> to make it a two-man race. Gharib led for much of the
> final four miles before Ivuti made a push on the final
> mile.
>
> "One thing I had in my mind was that everybody is
> going to face the same heat," Ivuti said. "I had no
> problem with that because everybody was going through
> the same thing as me."
>
> The duo traded leads on the stretch run down Columbus
> Avenue before Ivuti's final push at the line. The race
> was so close that it took organizers several minutes
> to determine the winner.
>
> Njenga finished third and Cheruiyot fourth. Cheruiyot
> was in position to contend but stomach cramps forced
> him to drop back after 22 miles. Cheruiyot, who last
> year slipped on the finish line and banged his head on
> the pavement as he raised his hands to celebrate,
> finished in 2:16:13.
>
> Pirtea waved to the crowd as she listlessly approached
> the finish line. But a final push on the last mile by
> Adere caught the Romanian in the final stretch.
>
> "At 40 (kilometers)"At 40 (kilometers)<WBR>, I c
> slowly," Adere said. "I knew if I started working from
> that point on, there was a possibility to catch her."
>
> Pirtea tried to sprint toward the finish line, but
> finished three seconds behind.
>
> "I had tears," Pirtea said. American Kate O'Neill
> finished third and Liz Yelling was fourth.
>
Stevie

Well done for running a Marathon in that heat notworthy
Steve Des

Hi guys thanks for all those kind words but karl & mark were right.My (un)motivational speeches which we all know are hot air caused the heatwave in chicago & i ran like a girl, in fact for 14 miles I jogged & walked like a girl as my left knee just went.
I vow never to speak about the race in public my knee & quads have never known such pain. But a great course none the less. walk
Karl C

Well done Steve, you are still my hero
Mike Mason

and mine.

ps I wish I could run as well as some of the girls.............in fact Karl is an inspiration to me...... cyclops_ani
Bet you cant guess who??

Chicago Endurathon!!

In view of the frequent references to Dessie's slower-than-expected marathon time being due to his running like a girl, I am making a stand for all the girls at Benfleet compress .

If anyone can come up with an alternative description to someone running less than their best, please feel free to share it with the rest of us (words such as girl, girlie, woman, lady are all prohibited) - I know it is hard for you men but you will need to dig deep and be inventive!!!

Also, if anyone wants the real reason for Dessie's 3:29 marathon time, I suspect that it is because he can't go for more than two blocks without stopping at a Starbucks coffee (his addiction was worse than mine for a KFC). Fortunately there was only one KFC on the course but as a Bargain Bucket takes longer to eat than it does to drink a Mocha Latte (or whatever it was he kept ordering) that also explains my less than acceptable 4:19 finishing time.

Rest assured the heat had nothing to do with it - us Benfleet runners are made of tougher stuff!!! usa2
Karl C

yes, apologies for casting a slurr on the female gender.

What about

"he ran like a springfield strider..."

or

"he ran like asthmatic ant with some heavy shopping."
Steffan

Oh Karl, can of worms with the first reference mate! Haha!

blackeye


Well done Deb.

Ran like a girl does not cut it in this club as all the males would be getting close to national standard times like Stacey!
I'll take running like a girl, even with a girl would be fine!
cheers
Bet you cant guess who??

Well you certainly couldn't say "he ran like a girl with heavy shopping" if you wanted to imply slow because us girls can still run like the wind with untold amounts of shopping!!! It is one of the undisputed things left in this world that we can do better than men headbang !!

PS love the Springfield Strider one !!!!
Bet you cant guess who??

PSS Forgot to say: thanks Steff for your "Well Dones".

Unfortunately you run too fast for most girls to keep up with you. When you run more like an Asmatic Ant than Atom Ant you might find more girls run with you !!!

PSSS Just realised you are probably too young to know who Atom Ant is but trust me it was a compliment dontknow
mikemoreton

Was he any relation to Adam Ant?
Karl C

Who, Steffan ??

are you sure..?


Quote:
Prince Charming, Prince Charming,
Bet you cant guess who??

Well he does look more like Adam Ant than Atom Ant who, if my memory serves me correct (which it rarely does these days), looked like a little ant with a bomb as a head!!!!
Steffan

LOL!
I remember atom ant, quality cartoon superhero! Haha!
Adam ant! I guess my makeup wearing secret is out then!!!!
But only at weekends!

cheers
Steffan

P.s - Thanks Karl for spelling my name correctly! Mike, please take note!
cheers

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