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The 2010 Chicago Marathon was the 33rd running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States, held on Sunday, October 10. Over 38,000 runners took part, the most in the race's history. [1] Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru won the men's event with a time of 2:06:24, beating Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede by 19 seconds. [2]
2008 Chicago Marathon winner Evans Cheruiyot. The 2007 Chicago Marathon final 200 meters was a duel between Patrick Ivuti (right) & Jaouad Gharib (left). Ivutu won by 5/100th of a second. 2006 winner Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in the 2007 event. 2005 winner Felix Limo in 2008.
Chicago Marathon Logo for the Chicago Marathon Date Second Sunday in October (before Columbus Day) Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Event type Road Distance 26.219 miles (42.195 km) Established 1977 ; 47 years ago (1977) Last held 2023 Course records M: 2:00:35 * WR (2023 – Kelvin Kiptum) F: 2:13:44 (2023 – Sifan Hassan) Official site chicagomarathon.com The Chicago Marathon is a ...
2010–11. She finished second at the 2010 Chicago Marathon, setting a personal record by one minute. Her time of 2:26:20 was the fastest American woman. Linden came in third at the 2010 USA Championships 10,000m (32:22.32) [1] Linden finished second at the 2011 Boston Marathon by just two seconds and set a personal record by four minutes. [1]
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He became the youngest gold medallist in the marathon since 1932. He set the current (as of 2020) 10,000m ...
The wrecking balls are demolishing the last of Chicago's Cabrini-Green tenement buildings. A couple weeks ago, there were four mid-rise buildings left in one of the nation's most notorious public ...
The 2011 Chicago Marathon was the 34th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, Illinois which was held on Sunday, October 9. The men's race was won by Kenya's Moses Mosop in a time of 2:05:37 hours – a course record. Ejegayehu Dibaba, making her marathon distance debut, was the women's winner in 2:22:09.
In 2005, she ran the Chicago marathon, her first 26.2-mile race, in four hours and two minutes. Years later, she still struggles with the mental challenge of distance running.