The Chicago Marathon

The Chicago Marathon took place this morning... actually at the time of writing, there will certainly be many people still toiling away on the course.

Not so for the winners of course, who have long since taken their ice baths and sports massages. Shoot, some of them might already be at the airport waiting for their flights to the next destination's race for another assault on their physiology.

The winner - predictably enough - was a Kenyan. Evans Cheruiyot crossed the finish line in the ungodly time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 35 seconds. To put that in perspective, I will probably be at or around the 12 mile mark at that time;not even half way. You think you could run a mile in less than 5 minutes? How about 26.2 in a row? Cheruiyot's terrific time was especially impressive given the conditions, which, like last year, were unseasonably warm.

Lidiya Grigoryeva won the women's race for Russia in 2:27:17. That's not much good is it? I could do that in less than twice the time. Maybe. If the conditions were right. If I lose some weight. If I.... etc.

Anyone following these blogs (aka, Jill and me) will doubtless be dripping with curiosity to know how "my guy" Daniel Njenga performed. Well, he fell off the pace at around the half way point and finished in 8th place, breaking his streak of 6 straight years in the top 3.