Chicago Fire Department activated an EMS Plan I about 10:55 a.m. Sunday for Marathon runners overheated. Staging area is stated to be at 34th and Shields. An Emergency Medical Services staging area was also set up at Madison and Paulina. The EMS Plan I for ‘multiple injuries’ at 34th and Shield was secured at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Runners reported down at following locations …
(list not complete)
2501 South Michigan — several runners down at 25th and Michigan.
28th and Michigan — Mile Marker 24
18th and Peoria — multiple runners down during the course of the run
Runners down on Wentworth, unknown numeric
7501 South Michigan
1308 West Jackson
Taylor and Laughlin
Congress and Wabash
27th and Wentworth
Running Course Mile Marker 13
14th and Michigan
159 East Monroe
Moses Mosop set a Chicago Marathon course record running 1st Place for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 2:05:37. On April 18, 2011, Mosop ran 2:03:06 at the Boston Marathon, for second place. Boston Marathon times are not officially recognized, by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which rules require marathon records to be established on a loop course (to neutralizing the impact of wind and course elevation changes.)
Liliya Shobukhova became the first runner to win a third straight title for the Chicago Marathon with a time of 02:18:20. She started 2011 with a personal best of 2:20:15 at the London Marathon.
The current top time world record for a marathon is held by Patrick Makau 2:03:38, set at the 2011 Berlin Marathon.
I heard a Firefighter from South Carolina collapsed and died 500 ft from the finish line.
Saw this on the Schaumburg FF Union FB page