The Chicago Marathon

It was about 30 degrees this morning when the marathon started, but there was a new record for the city marathon course. The same Kenyan marathoner won it who won the Olympic marathon last year. Such a chilly morning, but it was too hot the last 2 years, especially in 2007 when they actually had to stop it early. People come from all over the world to run the Chicago marathon. They post the route on the Web site and run it in the papers and fans wait all along the route to cheer for the runners. They root for everybody, not like a team sport where they root for the home team.

Did you go watch? That must have been fun. The Boston Marathon goes right by my street, and we (being the neighbors and I) always go down to watch at least some of it, and after a while, my hands get tired from clapping for everyone, but I can't NOT clap - by the time they get to me, they've already run almost 19 miles, and are just about to start Heartbreak Hill, so need all the encouragement they can get!