2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Program

Official Program #ChicagoMarathon

Š 2018 Bank of America Corporation. Member FDIC. ARY6WJKL

1.7 million spectators. 40,000 runners. 12,000 volunteers.

Bank of America would like to thank all who come together on race day to fuel this incredible event that brings hundreds of millions to the Chicago economy and raises money for local, national and global causes. To learn more, visit bankofamerica.com/chicagomarathon

Table of contents 6 8 10

Schedule Welcome Top 2017 finishers

14

AMERICAN WOMEN TRIUMPH ON RUNNING’S GLOBAL STAGE

27

28

Bank of America Chicago Marathon and University of Illinois partnership underscores growth of wheelchair sports Course entertainment

32

THE BIG SHOWDOWN: MO FARAH VS GALEN RUPP

38

Elite athletes to watch

48

MARATHON FACTS VS FICTION

54 58

Did you know: Bank of America Chicago Marathon history Abbott Health & Fitness Expo

71

CHICAGO: MY KIND OF RUNNING TOWN

82

Did you know: Charity Program

92

DISCOVER CHICAGO

98 102 104 106 113 115

2018 Broadcast information Charity organizations Volunteers Sponsors Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party City agencies

Dear Runners, On behalf of the entire Bank of America Chicago Marathon staff, Bank of America, the City of Chicago, our sponsors and volunteers, I am excited to welcome you to the 41st annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Last year, we celebrated 40 years of marathon history. More than 780,000 runners have crossed our finish line, etching their names permanently in our record books. The marathon remains a steady metaphor for life: it’s painful, joyful, heartbreaking, mundane and euphoric — sometimes all in a single mile.

Every year, I am amazed by your collective stories of endurance, perseverance and resilience. It is an honor to have you run in Chicago.

It has been said that Chicago is the heart of America, that its neighborhoods are its greatest strength, that we are a “city beautiful,” a “city in a garden” and a “city by the lake.” With more than four decades of history under our soles, we are taking this year to celebrate our magnificent city. We are a city of diverse communities, a cultural enclave, an industrial hub and we are a global event that relies on the individuals and communities surrounding it to bring the spirit of the Chicago Marathon to life on race day. With runners converging from more than 100 countries and all 50 states, we invite you to Discover Chicago as the city that works and the city that runs.

This year’s official program dives into the story of a resurgence in American women’s marathon running, led by athletes like Jordan Hasay and Amy Cragg, two women who will toe the line together on October 7. We take a deeper look at this year’s elite field, including defending champion Galen Rupp and Olympic 10,000m gold medalist Mo Farah. We separate marathon fact from fiction, we write about Chicago as “My Kind of Running Town” and we offer you some suggestions to encourage you to “Discover Chicago.”

Run like a champion on Sunday, October 7. You’ve spent months preparing for this moment; be confident in your training and your goals. Cheer on your fellow runners, thank a volunteer, take a moment to appreciate Chicago’s architecture and its people. And never give up. We look forward welcoming you across the finish line in Grant Park!

Sincerely,

Carey Pinkowski

Carey Pinkowski Executive Race Director Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Dear Friends: Welcome to the 41st running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

On behalf of all of us at Bank of America, thank you for taking part in one of the most popular endurance races in the world.

Bank of America has 6,000 teammates located in the Chicagoland area who are committed to meeting the financial needs of our customers and clients whether opening a bank account, planning for retirement, or growing a business. We are proud of the $1.2 billion in Bank of America lending and investing last year that helped fuel Chicago’s economy.

Brian T. Moynihan Chief Executive Offi cer Bank of America

Additionally, we contributed nearly $10 million to address local needs, including housing, hunger and workforce development. Bank of America’s team in Chicago donated nearly 50,000 volunteer hours to local organizations. We’re committed to helping Chicago remain economically and culturally vibrant.

Once again, Chicago’s streets will be filled with more than a million and a half people who will cheer on more than 40,000 athletes. Last year’s race generated a remarkable $338 million in economic impact for the city. For more than a decade, the marathon has created an opportunity for runners to raise more than $167 million for charitable causes.

Paul T. Lambert Chicago Market President Bank of America

We’re proud to host this world-class event every year, in one of the world’s great cities. Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon possible.

Enjoy the race.

Sincerely,

Brian T. Moynihan

Paul T. Lambert

UPTOWN

Sheridan Rd. Inne

8

hore ke S r La

WRIGLEYVILLE

Dr.

7

BOYSTOWN NORTH CENTER

Sheridan Rd.

Broadway Broadway

9 LAKE VIEW

10

Av e.

Kilometer marker

ur

10

LINCOLN PARK

nA ve .

Webster Ave.

Sedgwick St.

BUCKTOWN

North Ave. 11

Stockton Dr.

Fullerton Dr.

bo

Mile marker

6

St.

Cly

ln

k Clar

co

Dr. non Can

Diversey Ave. 15

Lin

October 7, 2018

Aid station

Contains medical, toilets, water Gatorade Endurance Formula

Medical

5

OLD TOWN TRIANGLE

8

LaS alle Dr.

Food on course

OLD TOWN

Wells St.

WICKER PARK/ WEST TOWN

Division St.

Mi

lw au

LETTER 4

ke

eA ve .

12

Ave .

Ashland Ave.

NEAR NORTH

Wacker Dr.

den

WEST LOOP

17

nA ve .

Eisenhower Expy.

Og

de

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE

Taylor St.

Congress Pkwy.

Harrison St.

Loomis St.

Merrill Lynch Cheer Zone U.S. Trust Cheer Zone Marathon course Charity block party

Roosevelt Rd.

LITTLE ITALY

26

Roosevelt Rd.

CENTRAL STATION

Museum Campus

Run club block party

20

Cermak Rd.

NEAR SOUTH SIDE 25 21

CHINATOWN 35

40

McCormick Place Abbott Health & Fitness Expo

State St.

22

Wentworth Ave.

e.

Av rt lpo na Ca

Michigan Ave.

PRAIRIE DISTRICT

18th St. PILSEN

LOWER WEST SIDE

Buckingham Fountain

Balbo Ave.

SOUTH LOOP

Halsted St.

Ashland Ave.

19

2

Jackson Blvd.

GREEKTOWN

18

30

NEW EAST SIDE Randolph St.

Lakeshore Dr.

Jackson Blvd.

Bank of America Cheer Zone

Columbus Dr.

16

THE LOOP

14

Halsted St.

Damen Ave.

25

Monroe St.

Adams St.

15

WEST LOOP GATE

Grand Ave.

Michigan Ave.

13

State St.

Og

1

5 3

Grand Ave.

Gatorade Endurance Carb Energy Chews Biofreeze Relief Zone

STREETERVILLE

20

Randolph St.

UNITED CENTER

MAGNIFICENT MILE

LaSalle St.

Jefferson St.

RIVER NORTH

GOLD COAST

LaSalle St.

UKRANIAN VILLAGE/ EAST VILLAGE

Gatorade Endurance Energy Gel

SOUTH COMMONS 24

33rd St. 23

35th St.

Indiana Ave.

BRIDGEPORT

THE GAP BRONZEVILLE

L A K E M I CH I G A N

Schedule FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Abbott Health & Fitness Expo; Packet pick-up McCormick Place, North Building, Hall B 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 Advocate Health Care International Chicago 5K 7:30 a.m.

Learn more at Chicago5K.com Abbott Health & Fitness Expo; Packet pick-up McCormick Place, North Building, Hall B 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 Marathon Wheelchair Start (men): 7:20 a.m.

Marathon Wheelchair Start (women): 7:21 a.m.

Marathon Handcycle Start: 7:22 a.m.

Athletes with Disabilities Start (AWD): 7:23 a.m.

Wave 1 Start: 7:30 a.m.

Wave 2 Start: 8 a.m.

Wave 3 Start: 8:35 a.m.

Spectator access to Grant Park begins 9:30 a.m.

Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party Grant Park, Butler Field 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

AD Because sometimes it takes a team to get you to the finish line.

Because our team helps RMHC® keep families with sick children close to each other and the care they need.

That’s why I chose to run for Ronald McDonald House Charities®.

Join our team.

www.RMHC.org/TeamRMHC ©2018 RMHC

A

merican writer Nelson Algren once wrote “Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.” Carl Sandurg poetically proclaimed that the Chicago of 1900 was “stormy, husky, brawling.” Actress Sarah Bernhardt said that Chicago “is the pulse of America,” and actor Michael Douglas expressed that “Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.” Added together, Chicago is a city of nuanced contradictions where cultures, people, languages, industries and dreams collide.

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon mirrors the city that functions as its backdrop. Its history is storied, its records stunning, its traditions alive. It takes the entire city to make it work, from the mayor to the aldermen, from the volunteers to the spectators, from the sponsors to the athletes. Out of the soaring skyscrapers, the sun rises over Grant Park—Chicago’s “front yard”—while the Chicago Marathon fades divisions and creates a symphony of togetherness. The marathon allows us to showcase our city in its magical splendor, and, for one day, we are not the “second city,” but simply the best city.

We hope you take some time to discover Chicago race week as our city unites in a singular purpose on race day: to cheer you on. Our voices will follow you through 26.2 miles of beautiful communities and wonderful people. Let us carry you to the finish line when your muscles fatigue and your mind wanders. We've got you.

8 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 9

TOP 10 MALE FINISHERS – OVERALL

TOP 2017 FINISHERS

1

Galen Rupp

USA

2:09:20

2

Abel Kirui

KEN

2:09:48

3

Bernard Kipyego

KEN

2:10:23

4

Sisay Lemma

ETH

2:11:01

5

Stephen Sambu

KEN

2:11:07

6

Kohei Matsumura

JPN

2:11:46

7

Ezekiel Chebii

KEN

2:12:12

8

Zersenay Tadese

ERI

2:12:19

9

Chris Derrick

USA

2:12:50

AUS

2:12:52

10 Michael Shelley

TOP 10 FEMALE FINISHERS – OVERALL 1

Tirunesh Dibaba

ETH

2:18:31

2

Brigid Kosgei

KEN

2:20:22

3

Jordan Hasay

USA

2:20:57

4

Madai Perez

MEX

2:24:44

5

Valentine Kipketer KEN

2:28:05

6

Lisa Weightman

AUS

2:28:45

7

Maegan Krifchin

USA

2:33:46

8

Alia Gray

USA

2:34:25

9

Taylor Ward

USA

2:35:27

10 Becky Wade

USA

2:35:46

Official results as of July 2018. Results are subject to change in accordance with IAAF Anti-Doping Rules and Regulations.

10 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 11

TOP 5 MALE FINISHERS – WHEELCHAIR 1

Marcel Hug

SUI

1:29:23

2

Kurt Fearnley

AUS

1:30:24

3

Jordi Madera Jimenez

ESP

1:30:25

4

Sho Watanabe

JPN

1:30:26

5

Rafael Botello Jimenez ESP

1:30:27

TOP 5 FEMALE FINISHERS – WHEELCHAIR

TOP 2017 FINISHERS

1

Tatyana McFadden

USA

1:39:15

2

Amanda McGrory

USA

1:39:15

3

Manuela Schär

SUI

1:39:17

4

Madison de Rozario

AUS

1:39:22

5

Sammi Kinghorn

GBR

1:43:52

Official results as of July 2018. Results are subject to change in accordance with IAAF Anti-Doping Rules and Regulations.

12 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 13

AMERICAN WOMEN TRIUMPH ON RUNNING’S GLOBAL STAGE

BY BRIDGET MONTGOMERY “They come to race and compete,” explains Carey Pinkowski, Executive race director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, speaking confi dently about an historic moment U.S. women are having in the marathon.

“This group of American women have created a presence in the Abbott World Marathon Majors,” he continues. “It takes time for all of these elements to come together. The time is now.”

14 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Linden and Amy Cragg made history at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the fi rst American trio to land in the top 10, fi nishing sixth, seventh and ninth, respectively.

Cragg followed her Olympic performance by capturing a bronze medal at the 2017 IAAF World Championships Marathon, the fi rst world championship medal for U.S. women in 34 years.

Flanagan carried that momentum into New York, ending a 40-year medal drought to defeat three-time defending champion Mary Keitany. Linden took the torch to Boston, becoming the fi rst American female champion since 1985.

“It’s not about trying to be top three,” says Cragg, who opened 2018 with a personal best at the Tokyo Marathon, 2:21:42, becoming the fi ft h fastest woman in U.S. history.

Samuelson or Deena Kastor.

They belong to a collection of American women who have embarked on a mission to catapult U.S. distance running As U.S. women climb the ladder to a place —on the women’s globally, they continue to rewrite side —it has never been. history nationally: Jordan Hasay recorded the fastest time on “Women are now being given American soil at last year’s Bank the environment to succeed of America Chicago Marathon, through feeder programs, 2:20:57 (at just 26 years old, financial support and the she is the second fastest U.S. confidence that we can woman in history). In fact, 2017 succeed,” says 1996 Olympian marked the first time that 10 Jenny Spangler. “But now, more U.S. women cracked the 2:30 than ever, women runners are barrier in the same year. Some ‘banding together’ to make it exceptional highlights: Laura their mission to put American Thweatt ran 2:25:38 at the distance running on the map.”

London Marathon, and Serena Burla recorded a 2:26:53 PR a “People think women are either catty or all slumber parties,” few months earlier. adds Cragg. “But it’s not either The barrier eclipse continues of those things. It’s cooler than in 2018: Kellyn Taylor became that. We have an incredible the seventh fastest American amount of respect for each woman with her win (and course other.” record) at Grandma’s Marathon, 2:24:28, and Sara Hall ran a Thweatt, who will line up in personal best at the Ottawa Chicago with ambitious goals of her own, agrees, “There is Marathon, 2:26:20. a camaraderie and respect. We For the first time, the headlines are trying to challenge one no longer belong to a single, another and raise the bar. We pioneering name like Joan Benoit have this depth and we are just

“It’s about trying to win a Major.

And it’s not about being the best American, but about being the best in the world.”

CONTINUE ON PAGE 24

Shalane holds fields accountable and there is this grit and hardened mindset that we are there to win....The women show up to battle and they do it.

LAURA THWEATT

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 15

AD

AD The path ahead can be challenging. The conditions are not always perfect.

But when our global team of 120,000 Molex and Koch Industries employees take on a challenge, society benefits. Runners get smarter devices and more breathable fabrics. Patients get life-saving medical technologies. Families get next-generation fuels, paper products, building materials — the list goes on.

By working together, we are improving the world, making the essentials that make life better.

molex.com/marathon

A KOCH Company

AD

AD

AD

AD

AD

Photo credit: TOKYO MARATHON FOUNDATION

AMY CRAGG starting to scratch the surface of “So much of this started in 2000 what Americans are capable of— when Christine Clark was the we are seeing history. It’s a cool only person to represent the U.S. in the marathon at the atmosphere to be a part of.”

Olympics. That motivated many WHY NOW? conversations about how we “I think we are in the midst of a could make U.S. distance runners perfect storm with U.S. women’s competitive again, particularly in distance running,” observes the marathon.”

Alison Wade, a freelance writer and photographer who has contributed to Runner’s World and the New York Road Runners.

24 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Both men’s and women’s marathon running hit a slump in the 90s and the U.S. fell out of contention for global and

Olympic medals. In order to dig it out of the grave, several postcollegiate training programs surfaced, fi nancial incentives and sponsorships gradually returned and the marathon emerged as a special event.

Historically, athletes waited to complete their track careers before making the leap to the marathon, but the women succeeding today made the jump much earlier in their careers.

“The marathon is no longer where your career goes to die,” says two-time Olympian Linden. “There is a group of women who have invested a lot of time in the marathon and it speaks to how long it takes to get to that point to master it.”

Linden also credits group training with her own longevity and success in the sport.

Cragg. “Then Deena set the bar so far ahead of where people were running at the time that they couldn’t catch up. We were at the age where the bar Deena set was what we were going to aspire to in 10 years.”

Twelve years post-Kastor’s 2006 American Record, 2:19:36, Flanagan, Linden, Hasay, Cragg, Thweatt and others keep raising the bar.

Together, they continue to elevate the level of U.S. competition, and the power of self-belief that coincides with that elevation becomes both contagious and necessary.

“Groups create more opportunity and you can stay in the sport longer,” she says.

“You can do this as a career and develop into it. That creates more depth and, from “We want to compete against that, breakthroughs.” the world and when it gets Spangler concurs, “I always harder to make the teams, talk about the ‘power of the we have to train harder,” says group’ when it comes to Hasay, who will be chasing the physical aspect of your Kastor’s American Record in training but the ‘power of the Chicago [Chicago could see group’ applies to the belief both American Records fall and will to succeed as well.” as Hasay’s teammate, Galen Women’s sports, as a whole, Rupp, seeks to dismantle are young, too (most organized Khalid Khannouchi’s American men’s sports had nearly a Record, 2:05:38]. century head start). Title IX passed in 1972, making it illegal to discriminate against women and girls’ based on their gender in education and athletics. The first women’s Olympic Marathon commenced in 1984, and we are seeing the benefits of a generation of women who grew up with female role models who ran.

“Desi, Shalane, Kara [Goucher], Deena and Joanie have laid the foundation and shown us what we can do to be the best in the world,” notes Thweatt. “It has had a huge psychological effect on me and younger people coming up into the distance and seeing what’s possible. It’s amazing what self belief can do.”

more than two decades of dominance by east African and European runners.

Flanagan’s epic Boston Marathon run in 2014 marks a significant turning point physically and psychologically: she openly declared she was there to win and she took the field out aggressively. She didn’t win the race, but it was the fastest Boston Marathon women’s race on record.

Race tactics have shifted because fast times matter on the global stage.

“We aren’t there to sit and kick,” says Thweatt. “Shalane holds fields accountable and there is this grit and hardened mindset that we are there to win. The field has to rise to that grind. The women show up to battle and they do it.”

“I’m in a race,” adds Linden.

“I want to run hard for 26.2 miles because I trained for a marathon, not a 5K.” With the American record in jeopardy in Chicago —and a marathon resurgence in full swing —Cragg remains optimistic that a new generation of runners will keep the current momentum going.

“The sport is young for women,” says Cragg. “I want to see American women dominate Los Angeles in 2028. We will keep moving in this direction U.S. women are running and we will see some cool “Joanie started it off showing harder and faster as a result, us that Americans could be and faster finish times have things in the future. We are good at this distance,” says started to disassemble saying, ‘we belong here.’”

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 25

WE RUN

so that no one faces cancer alone

Run with the Angels

2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Guaranteed Entry - Bypass the Registration Drawing Entry Fee Covered by Team Imerman Angels Complimentary Training ($265 value) Race Day VIP Hospitality (across the street from the start) Visit our website for details and information: www.teamimermanangels.com Imerman Angels provides one-on-one support to anyone impacted by cancer including cancer fighters, survivors and caregivers.

Bank of America Chicago Marathon and University of Illinois partnership underscores growth of wheelchair sports In a push to highlight professional wheelchair athletes, to recognize the legacy of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wheelchair sports program and to pass the baton to the next generation of wheelchair athletes, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon introduced a new Elite Athlete Mentor Program this summer. The program paired six elite wheelchair athletes from the University of Illinois team with six Chicago area children with permanent disabilities who are interested in wheelchair sports.

“Training in Champaign, the Chicago Marathon has a special place in my heart as a ‘hometown’ race,” said Amanda McGrory, three-time winner of the Chicago Marathon and three-time Paralympian.

“I’m so excited to work within the community and to share the sport I love so much with new athletes, some just discovering it for the first time.”

Elite athletes like McGrory spent the summer communicating with the youth participants, covering topics like wheelchair athletics and adjusting to life with a disability.

“It’s no secret that there are some pretty substantial barriers to entry to wheelchair racing—it’s an uncommon sport requiring expensive custom equipment—which often prevents kids who may otherwise be interested from getting involved,” McGrory added. “Mentor programs like this help build connections between elite and up-andcoming athletes and make some of those goals more attainable. It’s mutually beneficial to everyone involved—kids can chat with the ‘pros’ about training and equipment, and we, as elite athletes, can help encourage the growth and development of the next generation of wheelchair racers.”

The culmination of the mentor program will take place race weekend at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon by having the youth participants experience first-hand what it is like to be an elite athlete and, if they are interested, participate with their mentor in the Advocate Health Care International Chicago 5K on Saturday, October 6.

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 27

Course entertainment BANK OF AMERICA CHEER ZONES – MILES 13.7 AND 26 Join Bank of America at two cheer zones to support all race participants. Cheer items will be provided to help you support your runners, and we encourage you to “high-fi ve” runners as a way of motivating and celebrating their journey to the fi nish.

The Mile 13.7 Cheer Zone will be located on Monroe and Jeff erson Streets (two blocks from Union Station).

The Mile 26 Cheer Zone is near the fi nish line at Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road (two blocks from CTA Red Line Roosevelt stop).

Connect to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and each other at bankofamerica.com/ chicagomarathon or at #ChicagoMarathon.

U.S. TRUST CHEER ZONE

CHARITY BLOCK PARTY

Come make some noise and cheer on the runners giving them an extra push of motivation for the second half of the race.

Thousands of Bank of America Chicago Marathon participants are running and fundraising on behalf of important local, national and global causes. To celebrate the impact these participants make, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon will host a Charity Block Party near Mile 15. Spectators, family and friends are welcome to cheer on their charity runners at the Charity Block Party located at Adams Street and Loomis Street near Whitney Young High School.

The U.S. Trust Cheer Zone is located at Mile 13.7 on Jeff erson Street between Monroe and Adams Streets.

MERRILL LYNCH CHEER ZONE Head to the Merrill Lynch Cheer Zone to grab a bull bell and join the DJ encouraging runners as they make their way through the West Loop.

The Merrill Lynch Cheer Zone is located at Mile 17.1 (Halsted Street and Jackson Boulevard). Also, don’t forget to ring the super-sized Merrill Lynch Bull Bell at the Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party to celebrate with your friends, family and neighbors.

CA AD

AD

NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS

WITH A LIGHTER TASTE

AD

Endurance athletes take things farther.

Gatorade® Endurance Formula is designed for the specific demands of endurance athletes.

On course at over 300 races.

AVAILABLE IN LEMON-LIME, ORANGE AND CHERRY

SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT RUN, BIKE, AND TRI SHOPS

ONLINE AT GATORADEENDURANCE.COM Gatorade® Endurance Formula has nearly twice the sodium (300mg) and more than triple the potassium (140mg) of regular Gatorade® to help meet endurance athletes’ needs. ©2017 S-VC, Inc. GATORADE ENDURANCE and G DESIGN are registered trademarks of S-VC, Inc.

Photo credit: Virgin Money London Marathon

THE BIG SHOW DOWN GALEN RUPP BYVS MO FARAH BRIDGET MONTGOMERY

32 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

2012 The roar from London’s Olympic stadium ricochets off the crowd and echoes on the track. Eighty thousand fans cheer in a thunderous symphony while a pack of lean runners power around the oval. The athletes—the best in the world—endure erratic pacing and jostling as sweat rains from their exhausted bodies; nevertheless, they propel themselves forward, relentlessly pursuing their Olympic dreams. Their legs churn into a blur with 475 meters to go as Britain’s Mo Farah sweeps by the fi eld and takes the lead. His American training partner, Galen Rupp, bounces forward, trying to keep pace.

They fl y into the fi nal 200m, then the fi nal 100m. With blazing speed and a ferocious kick, Farah gains strides on the chase pack, and with one fi nal push, he emerges as the Olympic champion.

Rupp kicks it up a notch, sails into a full sprint and secures the silver.

The training partners embrace each other once they are safely over the line.

Farah becomes the fi rst British man in history to claim gold in the 10,000m; he stops the clock in 27:30.90. Rupp makes history, too, bringing home the fi rst 10,000m Olympic medal for the U.S. men in 48 years. Billy Mills was the last American to strike gold in 1964. Rupp fi nishes a step behind Farah in 27:31:43.

"I was just trying to hold my form," Rupp, who starred at Central Catholic High School and the University of Oregon, would say aft er the race. "It was hard.

I was expecting everybody to be right there, coming up. I was scared for the last 200 meters."

"I was in shock, tears, the whole lot," Farah would recall.

Training partners 2011-2017 Rupp and Farah seemed like unlikely training partners when Farah joined Nike’s Oregon Project in the winter of 2011.

Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah was born in Somalia and moved to West London at the age of eight. He did not speak English and he stumbled his way through school until his PE teacher, Alan Watkinson, recognized his raw potential and convinced him to put his soccer dreams on the backburner to focus on running. His focus paid off in 2001 when Farah won the European Junior 5000m; five years later he picked up his first medal as a senior when he won silver in the 5000m European Track and Field Championships. The medals and accolades kept coming and by 2010, he pulled off his first golden double in the 5000m and 10,000m at the European Track and Field Championships. One week later, he became the first British man to break 13 minutes in the 5000m, running 12:57.94.

By comparison, Rupp’s path to stardom was more intentional and more orchestrated.

Legendary American runner and coach, Alberto Salazar, a three-time winner of the New York City Marathon, founded the Nike Oregon Project with Tom Clarke in 2001. By the turn of the century, American distance running was in the gutter; the medals, championship titles and running stars disappeared, and Salazar made it his mission to resurrect an old dynasty by putting Americans back on the global stage as both competitors and medalists.

To realize his vision, Salazar set his sights on developing a young, 15-yearCONTINUE ON PAGE 36

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 33

IT’S NOT A SPRINT,

IT’S A MARATHON.

AD

For the past 30 years, American has been proud to be the Official Airline of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Over that time, we’ve connected runners from all over the world to their dream of crossing the finish line.

Best of luck to all the participants of this year’s race.

American Airlines, the Flight Symbol logo and the Tail Symbol are marks of American Airlines, Inc. oneworld is a mark of the oneworld alliance, LLC. © 2018 American Airlines, Inc. All rights reserved.

AD

Photo credit: Virgin Money London Marathon

feat in 2016, capturing gold again in both the 5000m and 10,000m. Rupp faltered to fi ft h place in the 10,000m, but he returned eight days later to bring home a bronze medal in the marathon, catapulting the U.S. medal count in distances from the 800m to the marathon back to a place it had not been since 1912 (the U.S. won seven medals). American distance running was booming again, and Britain had And the benefi ts of grinding away under its hero. the guidance of Salazar paid off in 2012 when Farah became an Olympic By the time Farah joined the Nike champion and Rupp trailed him by Oregon Project, Salazar had been just half a second. Farah repeated the Farah left the Nike Oregon Project in old, talent named Galen Rupp. Under the careful tutelage of Salazar, Rupp set state and national records as a high school runner (including breaking Gerry Lindgren’s 40 year-old 5000m record). Rupp continued to astound at the University of Oregon where he became a 14-time All American, a NCAA cross country champion and a dual champion in the 5000m and 10,000m. He earned his fi rst of three Olympic berths in 2008, and it soon became clear to the world: America had a distance running star again.

coaching Rupp for almost a decade, and Rupp seemed unsure of the new addition. But Salazar knew that pairing the two rivals on the track would make them both better runners, and, potentially, two of the best distance runners the world had ever seen. In spite of coming from vastly diff erent cultures, Farah and Rupp formed an immediate friendship, bonding over soccer and Xbox.

2018

2017 to return home to London.

As Farah and Rupp line up against each other on October 7, they boast nearly identical personal bests, Farah with a 2:06:21 PR from the London Marathon in April, and Rupp with a 2:06:07 PR from the Prague Marathon in May. Farah will be running his third marathon, his fi rst on U.S. soil, and he has made his intentions clear: he wants to win an Abbott World Marathon Major and he wants to compete against Rupp.

how to beat this guy [Rupp] and race this guy and how to battle with him.

That would answer a lot of questions for me personally. I know he is a great athlete and I have never doubted him in terms of what he is capable of.”

While Farah has a collection of Olympic and World Championship gold medals on the track, Rupp has excelled in the marathon and he already has both an AbbottWMM title and an Olympic bronze medal. Of the fi ve marathons he has completed, “If I want to do the (Tokyo) Olympics,” he has landed on the podium every Farah told reporters, “I have to know time (he won the 2016 U.S. Olympic

Marathon Trials; he fi nished third in Rio; he fi nished second in the 2017 Boston Marathon; he won the 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon; and he won the 2018 Prague Marathon).

“Mo and Galen are two of the most talented athletes in the world,” says Executive Race Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Carey Pinkowski. “I’m ready for a showdown in Chicago. These are two athletes who know how each other race, and they both want to win.”

Photo credit: TOKYO MARATHON FOUNDATION

ELITE ATHLETES TO WATCH

JORDAN HASAY Hasay, a member of the Nike Oregon Project, treated fans to a spectacular performance in Chicago last fall. She ran the second fastest time in U.S. history (and the fastest American time on U.S. soil and on Chicago’s course), 2:20:57, to fi nish third. Hasay initially turned heads at the 2017 Boston Marathon with an historic debut performance.

She fi nished third in 2:23:00, the fastest marathon debut ever by an American woman by almost three minutes, and the fourth fastest Boston Marathon time in history by an American woman. She kicked off 2018 with a second place fi nish at the USA national championship Gate River Run 15K, and an eighth place showing at the Houston Half Marathon. She later withdrew from the Boston Marathon due to an injury. Upon her return to Chicago, Hasay said, “I’m thrilled to be coming back to Chicago. My goal is to target a fast time and contend for the win.” If the day is right, fans could see Deena Kastor’s 2006 American record, 2:19:36, fall.

38 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

ABEL KIRUI Kirui returns to Chicago for the third time. He won in a tactical race in 2016, and he fi nished second to Rupp in 2017. Kirui, one of the most consistent marathon runners on the global stage, knows how to win major championship races. He took home a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the marathon, and he stood on top of the podium at the 2009 and 2011 IAAF World Marathon Championships. In addition to his major championship wins, he won the 2008 Vienna Marathon, and he fi nished as the runnerup at the 2007 Berlin Marathon.

Kirui set his PR, 2:05:04, at the 2009 Rotterdam Marathon. An experienced veteran, he has toed the line at all of the AbbottWMM (although he started Boston in 2015, he did not fi nish). He started 2018 with an impressive run in London, fi nishing fourth behind Farah in 2:07:07.

AMY CRAGG Cragg, a two-time Olympian, missed the podium by one second in her last Bank of America Chicago Marathon appearance in 2014. She matched her then PR, 2:27:03, to fi nish fourth. Since then, Cragg has emerged as the fi ft h fastest American of all time in the marathon, setting a new PR this winter in Tokyo, 2:21:42, to take third place. Prior to Tokyo, she ended a 34-year medal drought for the U.S. when she took home a bronze medal at the 2017 IAAF World Championships Marathon.

And aft er winning the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, she became part of an historic trio in Rio: all three American women placed in the top nine for the fi rst time in history, with teammate Shalane Flanagan leading the pack in sixth, Desiree Linden in seventh and Cragg in ninth. Cragg joined Nike’s Bowerman Track Club in 2015. Prior to her jump to the marathon, she focused her energy on the track in the 10,000m; she remains the fi ft h fastest American woman over the distance, running her PR in 2012, 31:10.

Photo credit: VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON

MO FARAH Farah stands out as one of the most decorated 5,000m and 10,000m athletes in the history of track and fi eld. He is a fourtime Olympic gold medalist, a six-time world champion and a fi ve-time European champion. He earned 20 Diamond League titles on the track in distances ranging from two miles to 10,000m, and in just his second marathon in London this spring, he broke Steve Jones’ British record for the event, turning in a time of 2:06:21 to fi nish third. He holds the European record for the 10,000m, 26:46, and the British record for the 5,000m, 12:53. Farah offi cially retired from the track last year in order to set his sights fi rmly on road racing and the marathon distance. Given his track speed and recent showing in London, he should be a top contender for the title. Up until the fall of 2017, Farah trained with Rupp and the Nike Oregon Project.

BRIGID KOSGEI Kosgei wowed fans last year with a second place fi nish in Chicago and a new personal best, 2:20:22. Before her impressive performance last fall, she won the Houston Marathon in 2:22:14 and fi nished eighth in Boston in 2:31:48. She opened her 2018 season with a boom, fi nishing second in London in 2:20:13. Kosgei has fi nished fi rst or second in seven of her eight career marathons. She began her running career on the grass, entering the Discovery Kenya cross country competition. Her talents were recognized early on and she made her transition to the roads in 2015. She won her fi rst marathon in a modest 2:47:59, and then stunned her competitors at the 2016 Milan City Marathon when she set a 20 minute PR, 2:27:45, and easily won the race in a “gun-to-tape performance.” Since then, she has been a global force to be reckoned with on the roads.

GALEN RUPP Rupp, the 2016 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist and the 2012 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist, stamped his name in Bank of America Chicago Marathon history last fall to become the fi rst American male to win since Khalid Khannouchi broke the tape in 2002, ending a long drought for U.S. men. He fi nished in 2:09:20. Rupp’s victory added an exclamation point to an already stellar marathon career. He won his inaugural marathon at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, took home a bronze medal in his second 26.2 mile journey in Rio and fi nished second in Boston in 2017. He kicked off 2018 with a win and personal best at the Prague Marathon, 2:06:07. In March, Rupp narrowly missed breaking Ryan Hall’s American record by four seconds in the half marathon, running 59:47 to become only the third American to break 60 minutes and the second fastest American in history.

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 39

AD

Female

AND GET BACK IN THE RACE.

BiofreezeŽ trademark is property of Performance Health and/or its affiliates and may be registered in the United States and other countries. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Š2018 Performance Health. All rights reserved.

AD

Sarah Sellers

2018 Boston Marathon Runner Up

y d a e R u o Y h h g g r r r A ?

Y T O O B E H T R O F N U R To TO REGISTER VISIT:

AD

4 DAYS, 48.6 MILES A RACE WEEKEND LIKE NO OTHER Join us for the ultimate endurance challenge, where runners take on a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and the Walt Disney World ® Marathon.

Race to runDisney.com to learn more.

© DISNEY

WHERE APPLES LOVE TO GROW ™

26.2

MILES

WHERE APPLES LOVE TO GROW ™

AD

OF PURE GRIT

WHERE APPLES LOVE TO GROW ™

FINISH STRONG WITH

MICHIGAN APPLES

MichiganApples.com

PROUD SPONSOR OF THE 2018 BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON

CA AD

MARATHON

FACTS VS FICTION

By Cindy Kuzma

Accessible to the ambitious everyday athlete, but demanding enough to challenge even well-trained elites. Possessing ancient roots—but with modern best practices now studied in cutting-edge physiology labs. Given the complexity and rich history of the marathon, it’s no wonder the event has given rise to its fair share of myths, half-truths and distortions. We asked some of running’s pre-eminent scholars of physiology and history to set the record straight.

Will pounding out multiple marathons mean knee replacements later on?

Every marathoner hears the cry: “You’ll wreck your knees!” Not so, says Alex Hutchinson, author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance and Outside magazine’s Sweat Science columnist. Study aft er study shows runners actually have a lower risk of knee arthritis. For one thing, they stay lighter, which reduces knee strain; physical activity also fi ghts joint-harming infl ammation. New evidence even suggests running aft er an arthritis diagnosis doesn’t hasten progression of the condition.

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 49

FUELMASTER

AD ®

Gluten-free crackers crafted for your lifestyle. Find them in the deli and “better for you” cracker aisle. Get recipe ideas at Crunchmaster.com

NON GMO

Project VERIFIED

nongmoproject.org

What’s better for pacing a marathon banking time early or negative splitting?

Did people really believe women

When Nike asked three superstar elites how they wanted to approach running the fastest marathon ever for the company’s Breaking2 project, one wanted to go out fast, another wanted to start conservatively and then pick up the pace (socalled negative splitting) and the third wanted to run steady. “For the best runners in the world, the best scientists in the world—there’s no obvious consensus,” Hutchinson says. On a flat course like the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, he recommends aiming for relatively consistent pacing, erring on the slow side. If you start relaxed and feel good enough to speed up at the end, you’ll probably finish faster (and happier) than if you start too swiftly and are forced by your fatigued muscles and depleted fuel supplies to slow down significantly.

couldn’t run 26.2 miles?

Shockingly, yes—until relatively recently, many people thought female bodies couldn’t handle the distance. Then Merry Lepper completed one in Culver City, Calif., in 1963. In 1967—a year after Bobbi Gibb ran it unofficially—Kathrine Switzer signed up for the Boston Marathon using her initials, K.V. Switzer. After enraged race director Jock Semple attempted to pull her off the course, Switzer wondered if she should quit. “I decided if I do that, then nobody’s going to believe that women can do it,” she says. So she went on to cross the finish line in four hours and 20 minutes and didn’t stop, eventually running a personal-best time of 2:51:37, winning the 1974 New York City Marathon, and working to bring the first women’s Olympic marathon to Los Angeles in 1984. Even now, women in some parts of the world aren’t allowed to run marathons—and Switzer, through her foundation 261 Fearless (261fearless.org), still fights for change.

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 51

Does everyone hit “the wall"

late in the race?

One minute you’re cruising along at your goal pace; the next, your legs turn leaden and you’re lightheaded. For those who do hit the wall—and it’s not everyone—the feeling is real.

Several factors may contribute, Hutchinson says. Sometimes you’re running on empty; carbohydrate loading and taking in gels or chews along the way can help. In other cases, it’s the pounding—in a Spanish study, runners who hit the wall during the race had more blood markers of muscle damage than those who didn’t. (Prepare your legs by doing at least some of your training on roads or other hard surfaces and adding eccentric strengthening movements like lunges and deadlifts to your routine.) Finally, you might be heading out at too ambitious of a pace. If you’ve run three marathons and had to walk the last few miles in all of them, consider starting slower next time, Hutchinson suggests.

Do ice baths, massages and

other recovery techniques work?

Scientifically speaking, not necessarily—in a recent research review, 99 different studies of everything from ice baths to compression clothing to cryotherapy tanks found little effect on things like muscle damage or inflammation.

But many, especially massage and compression, made athletes feel less sore and tired. “If it’s helping athletes feel better, it’s going to have an impact on performance,” Hutchinson says. “Just don’t turn it into a source of anxiety”—in other words, don’t fret that your race is doomed if you forgot to pack your favorite calf sleeves.

CONTINUE ON PAGE 56

52 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

DID YOU KNOW

BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON HISTORY

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon commenced 41 years ago on September 25, 1977 as the “people’s race anyone can come and enjoy.” From the original vision of its founders, the Chicago Marathon has sprouted from a local, grassroots event into a global force that welcomes more than 40,000 runners annually. With the City as its backdrop, the marathon course allows runners to Discover Chicago by taking them through 29 dynamic and culturally diverse neighborhoods.

More than one million spectators fuel them with their energy and support, making the Chicago Marathon an almost magical experience for those who run it. For four decades the marathon has animated and united the city in a way that only the power of a footrace can.

Weather

History

1977 The coldest race was 21 degrees F, October 30, 1988

The last time it snowed during the marathon was 1993

The warmest race day was 89 degrees F, October 7, 2007

The youngest person to complete the Chicago Marathon (before age restrictions applied) was Wesley Paul, age 8, in 1977.

He fi nished in 3:15:20 (that is not a typo!)

1978

Chicago Marathon started at 10:30 a.m. and doubled its entry fee to $10. Hundreds of runners protested; the later start time and increased entry fee by wearing black armbands

1987

Lack of sponsorship turned the Chicago Marathon into a half marathon

1990

Carey Pinkowski became the Executive Race Director

2005

Deena Kastor won the Chicago Marathon, the last American female to do so

1984

The fi rst offi cial wheelchair competition

780,000 The last time it rained during the marathon was 2006

People have fi nished the Chicago Marathon

1997 2000 1999 2001 World record years set in Chicago

54 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

C

More than 12,000 people volunteer race week

M

Y

CM

The Nike+ Run Club recruits 100 pacers to help runners achieve their race goals The Chicago Marathon uses 1.1 million Gatorade cups on race day and 1.3 million water cups

MY

CY

CMY

K

AD

Should you always stretch before you run?

“The idea that otherwise you’re going to get injured—I don’t think there’s any reasonable evidence for that,” Hutchinson says. What’s far more important is to warm up with a slow jog or dynamic moves like skips and butt-kicks. If you identify a specifi c infl exibility that might lead to injury—for example, a tight calf that pulls on your Achilles tendon—that certainly might merit some stretching (though it’s best addressed post-run when your muscles are limber). “But if you hate stretching, then I don’t think you need to feel guilty about not doing it or only doing it when you become aware of an issue,” he says.

Was Pheidippides really the first marathon runner?

Yes, but that’s not even the half of it, says ultrarunner Dean Karnazes, author of The Road to Sparta, a meticulously researched book on the topic. Pheidippides, a professional messenger, fi rst trekked 153 miles from Marathon to Sparta to ask for reinforcements for the Athenians’ fi ght against the Persians. The Spartans agreed, but couldn’t leave until the full moon for religious reasons. So Pheidippides ran all the way back to report the news, changing the Athenians’ strategy.

They won the battle, and Pheidippides ran the approximately 25 miles from Marathon to Athens to proclaim victory, aft er which he promptly expired. That last portion would later, with a slight addition, transform into the modern marathon.

Without his eff orts, the Persians would have won, altering the course of history. “I know it sounds overreaching to credit Pheidippides with saving the Western world, but in some ways it is true,” Karnazes says. “And what a glorious backstory for all marathon runners, of course.”

56 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Braised Short Rib with Grilled Corn Scallion Cake and Shiitake Demi-Glace

AD

Food Is Only The Beginning

Abbott Health & Fitness Expo 2XU Abbott Abbott World Marathon Majors Active Sol Eyewear Advocate Health Care AfterShokz AIR RELAX Albatros Adventure Marathons ALS Association Greater Chicago Chapter ALSAC/ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Altra Alzheimer's Association - ALZ Stars American Cancer Society - Team DetermiNation American Heart Association Angelic Bakehouse Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Athletico Autism Speaks Balega Bank of America BeeCause Charms Belgrade Marathon Beyond Pink: Presented by AstraZeneca Biofreeze Bondi Band

58 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Bright Pink Brooks Running Caterpy Laces CEP Compression Chicago Area Runners Association Chicago Fire Foundation Chicago Park District Chicago Run Chicago Tribune Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon Commemerative Merchandise TSMGI Cresco Labs Crunchmaster(R) crackers CSX Dos Toros Feetures Fitletic Fleet Feet GARMIN Garmin USA GASPARILLA DISTANCE CLASSIC ASSOCIATION Gatorade Endurance GEICO Girls on the Run-Chicago Grandma's Marathon Grateful Grapes Wine Company Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA)

Handful Hawaiian Moon Homes For Our Troops Honest Honey Stinger Houston Marathon Illinois Marathon Implus JDRF Jelly Belly Sport Beans Just Thrive Probiotic & Antioxidant KT Tape Lifeway Foods Little Rock Marathon lululemon Marathon Tours & Travel MarathonFoto Maui Jim Sunglasses Mercy Home Heroes Mizuno Molex, LLC Muscular Dystrophy Association- Team Momentum Nathan Sports National Running Center Naute' Sport LLC dba USA-Sport Eyewear New Balance Newton Running

Nike, Inc. No Cow NormaTec Nuun Hydration On OOFOS Organization for Autism Research Osaka Marathon Polar Power Home Remodeling Racedots RAM Racing Real Time Pain Relief Respiratory Health Association ROLL Recovery RooSport RUNCITYGEAR Runderwear runDisney Saucony Sheddable Shells Shefi t Skechers Smile Train Team EMPOWER SOCIAL Sparkling Wine SOS Hydration Inc Spara, Inc. Sparkly Soul Headbands

Special Olympics Chicago SPIBelt SportHooks LLC Squirrel's Nut Butter / Anti-Chafe St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend Stance Stand Up Desk Store Superfeet Sweaty Bands Tata Consultancy Services Team One Step - Camp One Step

by Children's Oncology Services Team PAWS Chicago TEAM TO END AIDS (T2) The Stick - best self massage tool on the market T-Mobile TVG-Medulla LLC for Chiro One Wellness UCAN Under Armour USA TODAY Vital Proteins White Claw Hard Seltzer Zensah ZURICH MARATO BARCELONA

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 59

at Waikoloa Beach Resor t

June 30, 2019

www.KonaMarathon.com

KELLYN TAYLOR EVENT RECORD HOLDER

2:24:26

Take the

e t u o R c i Scen 2019 registration now open at grandmasmarathon.com GRANDMA’S MARATHON | GARRY BJORKLUND HALF MARATHON | WILLIAM A. IRVIN 5K

AD

Organized by

AD

bmw-berlin-marathon.com

#berlin42

facebook.com/berlinmarathon

London

VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON virginmoneylondonmarathon.com

28 APRIL 2019 #LondonMarathon

PATRIOTS’ DAY MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019

WATCH IT NOV. 4 9AM ET #TCSNYCMarathon

Dunkin’ Donuts, Foot Locker, Gatorade Endurance, Hospital for Special Surgery, iHeartMedia, Michelob ULTRA, NY Apple Association, Poland Spring, PowerBar, Runner’s World, Snyder’s of Hanover, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Tiffany & Co., UPS

66 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

CA AD

TAME THE WINDY CITY

CHICAGO Abbott World Marathon Majors welcomes more than 40,000 champions to Chicago as they try and tame the windy city.

7OCTOBER2018

AD Remember race day, every day with our Marathon Collection, featuring our Chicago Tribune commemorative results package.

SHOP NOW at chicagotribune.com/runchicago

Monday,

2018 October 8,

5 | Section

ERICA K OF AM 2018 BAN

THON N A R A M O CHICAG RATIVE SECTIO O COMMEM

AD Congratulations, you did it!

UNE

JOSE M.

day for the

e early Sun umbus Driv

of Thousands

runners

take off

et and Col roe Stre

start of

a Chicago of Americ the Bank

TRIB CHICAGO

OSORIO/

Marathon.

Media Partner

from Mon

PRESENTED BY

CHICAGO

MY KIND OF RUNNING TOWN

BY ERIN CHAN DING

On most days, Dan Kapinus steps out of his townhouse a few blocks away from the Bank of America Chicago Marathon fi nish line and runs south, heading for the lakefront or passing through the South Loop and Bronzeville neighborhoods constituting the last few miles of the marathon course.

Further north, on Wells Street, Kate Bongiovanni steps into her Old Town neighborhood by Mile 11 of the course and runs north through Lincoln Park and Lakeview, home to the fi rst half of the marathon.

A few miles west, once a week in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, Evelyn Cato leads

about 150 people through its meandering paths, encouraging some to start running for the fi rst time.

populating his fi rst Chicago Marathon in 1990 presented a challenge.

“Running was nowhere near the popularity it is now,” he says.

“I mean, I think Chicago was looked at as this gray industrial town with a convention center.

It wasn’t thought of as having a healthy and active environment or vibe.”

Running through their beloved city—and in the 41st Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 7th—links Kapinus, Bongiovanni and Cato.

They make up thousands of Chicagoans who coat park He adds that “people looked pathways and neighborhood at marathon runners back then sidewalks with their sneakers. almost as extreme athletes.

But it hasn’t always been These were athletes that people would kind of scratch their this way. head and question why they Carey Pinkowski, executive were doing that or what their race director of the Chicago motivation was. " Marathon, remembers when

KATE BONGIOVANNI 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 71

“Over the years, as running has been introduced to the masses, people discovered more of a healthy and active lifestyle, that exercise was better. The whole thing—running and the marathon—evolved together.”

As the marathon embraced the boom of runners in Chicago, particularly women, who made up less than fi ve percent of Chicago marathon runners three decades ago but compose half of all Chicago marathoners today, the city’s neighborhoods followed.

the city’s distinct neighborhoods together as its residents pour onto sidewalks to cheer on more than 40,000 runners from all over the world.

You need to feel like you have a support network out there, and I think sometimes that’s through the simple act of running alongside someone who’s maybe faced some challenges in their life...

Chicago has grown from an industrial hub deemed “the City of the Big Shoulders” in a Carl Sandburg poem to a destination city fueled by diversifying economies like healthcare and technology. Even with the city’s notorious wind and chilly winters, runners every day utilize the Lakefront Trail, which will soon have separate paths for bikers and runners and stretches nearly 20 miles from John Russick, vice president of interpretation and education at the North to South Sides. the Chicago History Museum, The marathon, perhaps like no says the 26.2-mile race presents other event in Chicago, cements

72 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

a key time for people to see the confl uence of the city’s neighborhoods.

“There’s this great tradition of people staking out a home for themselves and hanging onto traditions and incorporating those into the identity of the city, so Chicago has the benefi t of all these infl uences from all these places around the world and around the United States,” Russick says.

“I think as people move through the city, whether as runners or as observers of the marathon, they will witness some of that because so much of that tradition is evident in the sculpture and the architecture or the faces and the foods in the communities the marathon winds its way through.”

Events like the marathon, Russick says, become defi ning moments “not just in Chicago’s reputation nationally and internationally, but they become moments for us as Chicagoans to remind us what a great city we live in.”

What makes the running ecosystem in Chicago unique, says Greg Hipp, the executive director of the 5,000-member strong Chicago Area Runners Association, or CARA, is “there’s not a single entity that controls it all or drives it all.”

The running community in Chicago, like its neighborhoods, is both disparate and melded together. Hipp points to large events like the Chicago Marathon, which inspire people to pursue goals; to free community races put on by CARA programs like ‘Go Run, which encourages residents in neighborhoods facing cost barriers to lace up their shoes; to local runs organized by running stores like Fleet Feet Sports and Dick Pond Athletics and neighborhood running groups like Three Run Two. “It’s a unique running community,” Hipp says. “I’ve lived in many different parts of the country, and there’s really nothing else like it.”

Three times a week, at 5:45 a.m., staff and volunteers from Back on My Feet, a nonprofit organization, meet with men who are re-entering society after incarceration at St. Leonard’s Ministries on Chicago’s West Side and with individuals who are homeless at Northside Community Housing, Inc., and go for two- to five-mile runs.

Those who stick with the runs can become eligible for job and housing assistance. And nobody runs alone.

“For a lot of individuals who are experiencing homelessness, it’s a very isolating experience. A lot of times they’ve burnt bridges because of addiction, because

of incarceration, and a lot of times they just feel like they’re all alone in this,” says Meredith Weber, Chicago chapter director, adding that four Back on My Feet members will run this year’s Chicago Marathon.

“You need to feel like you have a support network out there, and I think sometimes that’s through the simple act of running alongside someone who’s maybe faced some challenges in their life, who think they can’t go one step further. It’s them saying, ‘I never thought I could run a mile.

Now that I can run a mile, what else is possible out there, too?’”

In Albany Park, on the city’s North Side, Chicago marathoner Columba Montes trains a community of kids called the Mini Chicago Road Runners, which she started when her daughters asked her for running tips and has blossomed into about 20 kids.

DAN KAPINUS

“I’m very happy and very proud to see they’re discovering their talents early,” she says. “It shows anybody can do it.”

Kinga Ndichu, who lives in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, purposely trains for her marathons and ultramarathons by running through the city’s neighborhoods.

“It gives me,” she says, “a chance to see and appreciate different types of communities in Chicago.”

She and her teammates with Team World Vision, which raises funds to assist communities without access to clean water, have christened a 20-mile training run they do during

COLUMBA MONTES 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 73

Lunar New Year, which typically falls during frigid January or February, their “Run for Dim Sum” because they head to Chinatown for the Cantonese dishes before running back north.

Rumbi Chidavaenzi, who trains with the Fast Track Racing Team in Chicago’s western suburbs, fi rst decided to run the Chicago Marathon aft er spectating with 1.7 million others.

“The energy from cheering,” she says, “and the oneness, I was like, ‘I want to run a marathon. I want to do this.’”

The energy from cheering...and the oneness, I was like, I want to run a marathon.

I want to do this.

Bongiovanni, of Old Town, will line up for her 19th straight Chicago Marathon this year partly because “everyone is celebrating runners that weekend.”

“You don’t realize how good of a running city it is until you go somewhere else and run for a while,” she says. “I fell more in love with running, thanks to Chicago.”

74 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Join our 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Team • Pre-race pasta dinner • VIP race-day experience • Free training (a $150 value) • Hero’s Welcome at Mile 16

CA AD

A GOOD PLAN MAKES FOR A BETTER RACE U.S. Trust helps clients prepare for the challenges that come with managing complex wealth. No matter where life takes you, we’ll be with you at every step of your extraordinary journey.

U.S. Trust is proud to support the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

To learn how we can create a personalized wealth management strategy for you, please contact Amy Hughes, Managing Director, at 312.828.9530 or amy.hughes@ustrust.com.

U.S. Trust operates through Bank of America, N.A., Member FDIC. Š 2018 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved. | ARSCKLP3 | AD-06-18-0267

ARAT H ON

Voted

/TripA

EL M

CARM

TH O N MARA

Indian “Top m a’s aratho ns and worth r traveli ng for aces

by Flip ” Key

9th Annual

3.31.1 8

dvisor

Carmel Marathon

8th Annual

(north suburb of Indianapolis)

MARATHON March 30, 2019 presented by

M arch 31,

1,100 finishers in 2018 Saturday, March 30, 2019 Fort Wayne

2018

presented by

2018 medal. 2019 medal design revealed soon!

22.5% of our 2018 finishers BQ’d

CO FA UR ST SE !

Currently ranked 13th fastest in the U.S. Source: MarathonGuide.com

H Marathon pacers running BQ times H Easy drive from many Midwestern cities H Featuring the Quaff On Beer Garden. One of Indiana’s largest craft beer breweries.

H Easy FREE parking at the Expo AND at the Start/Finish Line H FREE shuttle buses to the Start/Finish Line from official hotels H Also offering a half marathon, 10K & 5K OFFICIAL PARTNERS: Homes HHHPedcor H H Corporation

To register or for more information go to CarmelMarathon.com

inspire #ChiAthletesInspire EvEry athlEtE has a story.

EvEry story inspirEs anothEr.

WhAt’s your story?

chicago athlete magazine

facebook.com/ChicagoAthlete @ChicagoAthlete @chicagoathlete ChicagoAthlete

AD

AD

C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

DID YOU KNOW

CHARITY PROGRAM

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is proud to welcome more than 10,000 charity runners to Grant Park on October 7. Since 2002, our Charity Program has raised more than $185 million for local, national and global causes. The determination of our charity runners begins months in advance as they work toward not only running the marathon, but also meeting their fundraising goals. What started in 2002, has blossomed into a global movement of runners using road racing as a vehicle to give a voice to so many important causes that need to be heard. Find out more about our Charity Program at chicagomarathon.com/charityprogram.

82 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

More than 116,000 Chicago Marathon runners have run for a charity since 2002

There are more than 170 charities in 2018

10,000 runners

will run for a charity in 2018

More than $185 million has been raised since 2002

CHARITY PROGRAMS

runtodefeatals.org

RUN TO DEFEAT

THANK YOU DetermiNation ATHLETES!

Run with the largest ALS team in the country

Who will you run for in 2019? acsdetermination.org Join us for amazing races around the country!

Make a difference in the lives of people with Down Syndrome.

bit.ly/Run4LuMindRDS

Use code word “CHI” at registration for a special gift.

Join Lupus Charity Runners AND HERE’S WHAT WE’LL DO FOR YOU:

• Personalized fundraising webpage!

• Fundraising guide, creative tips & one-on-one assistance!

• No fundraising minimum required!

Funds raised through the Lupus Charity Runners support programs, services and research for Illinois’ lupus community!

For more information, contact the Lupus Society of Illinois Email liz@lupusil.org or call 312.542.0002

GOING THE DISTANCE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES

We have Guaranteed Entries for 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon!

ContaCt: TEAMSALuTE@YAhOO.cOM

I run for...

jaro n a m Kili Tour n o h t h Mara ary-Marc ru Feb 2019

Safari. Run.Trek from $3,020

$

kathyloperevents.com/kilimanjaro

60

Wall t a Gre Tour n o th Mara 19 y 20 Ma

You’ve always been committed to living well. Now you can make Introducing the: • Flexibility wellness an even greater part of your life with Massage Envy • Mobility method Membership. Join today and start making massage, •stretch and Performance MassageEnvy.com/Stretch CHICAGO STREETERVILLE-RIVER CHICAGO LINCOLN PARK CLYBOURN skin care a regular routine.

Massage Envy.com NORTH 345 East Ohio Street Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 222-0808

Conquer the Great Wall From $1,850

1845 North Clybourn Ave Ste H Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 904-1100

CHICAGO STREETERVILLE INCOLN CLYBOURN | 312-222-0808 345 PARK E. Ohio Street 3-Hours parking for $10 w/ validation orth Clybourn Ave Ste H Chicago, CHICAGO IL 60614 LInCOLn PARk CLybOuRn (773)1845 904-1100 N. Clybourn Ave | 773-904-1100

kathyloperevents.com/gwm

M-F 9a - 9p | S 9a - 9p | Su 9a - 9p

ME-DNLD-1765-00-002-8x11

est Ever Tour thon 2019 Mara ne May

Ju

FREE 2-HOURS PARKING W/ validation

OLd TOwn 9a - 9p1222 N. Wells Street | 312-642-3689

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

www.MassageEnvy.com

The ultimate runner's high $3,099

Open 7 Days a Week 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. | Schedule Your Appointment Online or on Our App Anytime! *Valid for one offer per person. All session times include up to a total of 10 minutes for consultation and/or dressing, which occurs both pre and post service. Prices subject to change. Rates and services may vary by franchised location and session. Additional local taxes and fees may apply. Not all Massage Envy locations offer all services. For a specific list of services available or additional information about ME-DNLD-1765-00-002-8x11 joining as a member, check with the specific location or see MassageEnvy.com. Each location is in independently owned and operated. ©2018 Massage Envy Franchising, LLC.

kathyloperevents.com/everest-marathon

AD Meb Keflezighi

Maui Jim Ambassador His choice: Ho’okipa

Maui Jim Ambassador Meb Keflezighi knows first hand the challenges of long distance running. There’s no better feeling than crossing that Bank of America Chicago Marathon finish line. Enhance your view of the race with Maui Jim sunglasses!

Stop by the Maui Jim Sunglass Booth at the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo. www.mauijim.com

Evanston Evans

ton

A RUN & A PARTY IN PENINSULA STATE PARK Evan

ston Subaru

rkey 5K u T g F l y in 2018 presented by

Thankgiving

Day race!

The Perks!

11.22.18

9 A.M. | EvAnston IL www.EvanstonFlying5k.com

• Chip-timed certified 5K course • Winter hat and goodie bag • Beautiful Lakefront course • Course water stations and finish line refreshments • Awards to top three overall M/F and top three in five year age divisions.

REGISTRATION IS LIMITED. SIGN UP TODAY.

• Wave starts. be the first one to get your

Winter

• 2018 Buttons to runners who beat the official Flying Turkey!

hat to the first 2700 to register

chicago athlete magazine

DOORCOUNTYHALFMARATHON.COM

S U N D AY

A ME R I C A’S

GREAT

JUNE 2

8:00 AM | HAMMOND, IN

RACING EVENT

INJURED MILITARY CAMP

TEAM CUP CHALLENGE

BLUE LINE WAVE

This camp is the only Dare2tri event specifically for veterans only. It’s open to any injured military or veteran with a physical disability, visual impairment, traumatic brain injury or PTSD. Clinics will be given in swimming, cycling, running/wheelchair pushing and transition. A paratriathlon 101 session will also be offered.

Teams must consist of 5-10 registered members, male, female or co-ed.

Come honor our service men and women by joining our Blue Line Wave!

Teams with more than 10 members may create additional teams.

Team BlueLine raises money to help the families of law enforcement officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.

FRIDAY MAY 31 - SATURDAY JUNE 1

For more information go to: www.dare2tri.org/injured-military-camp

NATIONALLY BROADCASTED!

SUNDAY JUNE 2

The top 5 times of the male and female teams will be used to determine the winners.

Co-ed teams must have at least 2 male and 2 female members. The top 2 male/female times along with the next best time will be used to calculate the co-ed team time.

SUNDAY JUNE 2

For more information go to: www.teamblueline.org/

REGISTER TODAY AT: WWW.LEONSTRIATHLON.COM

AD PROUD SPONSOR OF

THE 2018 BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON

CA AD

WEST UP LOOP TOWN

CTF is known for YOUR GUIDE: high-intensity interval JOEY MUNOZ workouts—but the CROSSTOWN studio is also home FITNESS RUN CLUB to a running club that off ers group training and discounts to local races. Munoz leads the group from home base at 1031 W. Madison St. and down Fulton Street, along a two-mile stretch underneath the CTA that steers clear of the crowds around the area’s buzzy bars and restaurants. Nearby Mary Bartelme Park (115 S. Sangamon St.) features a unique fountain, play area and dog park, complete with artifi cial canine grass and a continuously fi lling water bowl. You might have to wait in line for a post-run burger at Au Cheval (800 W. Randolph St.), though Munoz swears you won’t regret it. Crave variety?

Browse more than 30 food and beverage stalls at the Chicago French Market (131 N. Clinton St.).

92 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Monday night at ‘40s-inspired Fat Cat Bar (4840 N. Broadway St.) means two things: $5 burgers and group runs with Uptown Runners. Their three-mile to and on the Chicago Lakefront Trail sometimes winds around or through the Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary—snap a pic in which prairie grass frames a picturesque skyline—and past both a dog-friendly beach and waterfront watering hole The Dock (200 W. Montrose Harbor Dr.).

Uptown also encompasses Chicago’s Little Vietnam—Barthelmess suggests dining at Pho777 (1065 W. Argyle St.) or Tank Noodle (4953-55 North Broadway St.). Bring the kids to the playground or pool at Chase Park (4701 N. Ashland Ave.) during the day; at night, hit up local legend The Green Mill (4802 N. Broadway St.) for jazz or head to Big Joe’s (1818 W. Foster Ave.) for cheap beer and Friday-night turtle races.

YOUR GUIDE: DINAH BARTHELMESS UPTOWN RUNNERS

DISCOVER CHICAGO

BY CINDY KUZMA

Of course, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon’s 26.2-mile route doubles as an exploration of the city—you’ll pass through 29 neighborhoods en route to the finish line in historic Grant Park.

But the runners who travel these streets the other 364 days of the year have even more to share with you about the food, drink, family fun and hidden gems of this great metropolis.

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 93

OLD TOWN

Fleet Feet Chicago’s YOUR GUIDE: flagship location KYLE LARSON hosts three weekly FLEET FEET runs—including a RUNNING CLUB group workout for the store’s racing team, which Larson coaches, every Wednesday evening.

From the store, it’s a short jaunt east to Chicago’s Lakefront Trail, where runners flock for 18-plus miles of uninterrupted path with views of the skyline and Lake Michigan, plentiful bathrooms and frequent water fountains (and on weekend mornings during marathon training, Fleet Feet-sponsored hydration stations). For brunch, join local runners at Nookie’s (1746 N. Wells St.), a neighborhood staple open since 1973; in the evening, visit Adobo Grill (215 W. North Ave.) for a margarita and guacamole prepared tableside, then catch a comedy show at Chicago’s famous Second City (1616 N. Wells St.) or Zanie’s (1548 N. Wells St.).

LOGAN SQUARE YOUR GUIDE: NICOLAS BERNAL 3RUN2FITNESS RUN CLUB

Many of the streets look different in this hip ‘hood—they’re boulevards with wide medians, creating runnerfriendly spaces, Bernal says. You’ll spot 3RUN2’s signature, stylish black-andwhite singlets there (and post-run, at pizzeria Paulie Gee’s, 2451 N. Milwaukee Avenue), or on The Bloomingdale Trail (also known as The 606), a 2.7-mile route along a former elevated train line that begins at 1801 N. Ridgeway Ave. Warm up with java from Sip of Hope (3039 W. Fullerton Ave.), a coffee shop whose proceeds go to mental health education and suicide prevention organizations.

Or cool off with a watermelon, coconut, lemon or banana chip Italian Ice from Miko’s (2236 N. Sacramento Ave.). And if you’re there on a Sunday, don’t miss the Logan Square Farmers Market (3107 W. Logan Blvd.), offering more than 60 vendors along with music and entertainment for the whole family.

Roosevelt Rd.

94 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Grand Ave.

AD

LAKE LITTLE VIEW VILLAGE

You’ll catch a YOUR GUIDE: glimpse of Chicago’s JOHN BOWEN LGBTQ culture at FRONTRUNNERS the marathon’s Mile 8 aid station, where members of this club dance and cheerlead in drag. For a more in-depth history lesson, slow your stride through the Legacy Walk (Halsted St. from Belmont Ave. to Grace St.), a set of 37 memorial markers of LGBTQ heroes, heroines and significant events. For a modern take, sing along with showtunes while sipping a spiked slushie at Sidetrack (3349 N. Halsted St.), one of the city’s oldest and biggest gay bars. All are welcome at the Frontrunners’ weekly three or four mile runs along the Lakefront Trail, Bown says; they meet Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings at the Totem Pole near Addison St. and Lake Shore Dr. Stick around for brunch or dinner afterward at a club favorite like Lark (3441 N. Halsted St.), which offers fried chicken and pancakes, brick-oven pizzas and a patio big enough to accommodate an entire sweaty crew.

96 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Viento—the name means “wind” in Spanish—has been blowing through this west side neighborhood since 2012. The group’s regular route heads west on 26th Street from their meeting point at Central Park Ave., past murals depicting the area’s Mexican heritage, then south over the 31st Street bridge that leads into neighboring Cicero (perfect for hill training, Vergara points out). After the four-mile jaunt, they sip beer and cocktails at local watering hole Jacaranda (3608 W. 26th St.), which often hosts Latin jazz acts. The best taco shop? Everyone has their own opinion.

Vergara’s picks include family-owned Taquerias Atotonilco (3916 W. 26th St.) or El Milagro (3050 W. 26th St.), where you can take home fresh-made tortillas.

YOUR GUIDE: JESS VERGARA FROM VIENTO

PILSEN SOUTH LOOP

The stretch of the YOUR GUIDE: Chicago Lakefront ELIZABETH Trail adjacent to RICHERT this fast-developing WEATHER MARK neighborhood has it RUNNING CLUB all—tourist hotspots like the Shedd Aquarium (1200 S. Lake Shore Dr.) and Adler Planetarium (1300 S. Lake Shore Dr.); a steep overpass at the 18th Street Pedestrian Bridge that’s as close as Chicago comes to a hill; a natural retreat on Northerly Island (1521 S. Linn White Dr.); and at night, sparkling city lights and summertime fi reworks at Navy Pier. Refuel with a post-run brunch at hidden gem The Spoke & Bird (205 E. 18th St.), lunch from the window at Del Campo’s tacos (1300 S. Linn White Dr., adjacent to 12th Street beach—a great, free place to entertain kiddos), or a Spanish dinner on the patio at Tapas Valencia (1530 S. State St.). On Tuesdays, The Weather Mark Running Club gathers at the tavern of the same name (1503 Michigan Ave.) for a 5K, and then returns for tacos, tater tots, California pizza or meal-sized salads.

Grand Ave.

Grand Ave.

Runners in this club— around since 1981— have the good fortune of traveling part of the marathon route regularly during training (Mile 19 goes right down 18th Street). To experience even more of the neighborhood’s Mexican heritage and artistic fl air, head a couple blocks north to 16th Street, where colorful, publicly sanctioned murals adorn walls from Halsted Street west to Western Avenue. If you’re there in the daytime, pay a visit to the National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W. 19th St.) to view the collection of more than 10,000 paintings, textiles, photographs and other works. Naturally, delicious taco shops abound; try the mole or camaron (shrimp) at El Taco Azteca (2151 W. Cermak Rd.). On the fi rst Wednesday of every month, you can catch Venados at Alulu (2011 S. Lafl in St.), a brewpub with 20 taps and creative food (owner Paul Heintz is also a runner).

YOUR GUIDES: ENRIQUE AND MARGARET RIVERA VENADOS

LINCOLN SQUARE

A 2.5-mile journey down Lawrence or Leland Avenues will get you to the Chicago Lakefront Trail from here—but for a quieter route, start at Ronan Park (3000 W. Argyle St.) and head north next to the Chicago River on the North Shore Channel Trail, which will take you all the way to suburban Evanston Chicago Lakefront Trail from here—but for a quieter route, start at Ronan Park (3000 W. Argyle St.) and head north next to the Chicago River on the North Shore Channel Trail, which will take you all the way to suburban Evanston. Sit down for Dutch pancakes at Pannenkoeken Cafe (4757 N. Western Ave.), or pick up a pastry at Cafe Selmarie (4729 N. Lincoln Ave.) and enjoy it in the European-style Giddings Plaza (4733 N. Lincoln Ave.), where children frolic in the fountain and local musicians oft en serenade passersby.

YOUR GUIDES: ERIN MCCORMICK AND PAULA KEATS FLEET FEET RUNNING CLUB

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 97

2018 Broadcast information WATCH LIVE ON RACE DAY NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago will provide complete live TV coverage and live streaming of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 7. The NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo live television broadcast will air from 7 a.m. – 11 a.m. and the live stream will be available at nbcchicago.com and telemundochicago.com from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LISTEN LIVE ON RACE DAY 670 The Score will provide complete live radio coverage of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on race day from 7 a.m. – 11 a.m.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE Look to the Chicago Tribune on Monday, October 8 for race coverage and results listings in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Commemorative Results Section.

AD

AD

Download the Bank of America Chicago Marathon app, powered by TCS App features:

AD

• • • • • •

Visit the App Store or Google Play to download today!

Advanced & unlimited runner tracking Elite athlete profiles Interactive expo & course map Live NBC5 broadcast streaming Interactive course map Race week schedule

Charity organizations PARTNER CHARITIES

ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE AMERICAN RED CROSS

CHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION TEAM RMHC

Achilles International Action for Healthy Kids Inc. After School Matters Inc. A Kids’ Brain Tumor Cure Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ALS ASSOCIATION GREATER CHICAGO CHAPTER Alzheimer’s Association ALZ Stars American Brain Tumor Association American Cancer Society American Diabetes Association America Needs You American Foundation for Suicide Prevention American Heart Association American Institute for Cancer Research American Liver Foundation Americares Angelman Syndrome Foundation Inc. Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Apna Ghar Inc. Our Home Arthritis Foundation Asha for Education A Special Wish Chicago Autism Speaks Back on My Feet Chicago

Best Buddies Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago Big Shoulders Fund Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation Boomer Esiason Foundation Bottom Line Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago Bright Pink BuildOn Cal’s Angels Camp Sunshine CARA CASA of Cook County Cellmates on the Run Foundation Center for Independent Futures Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Chicago Fire Foundation Chicago HOPES for Kids Chicago Lights Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Chicago Rowing Foundation Chicago Run Chicago Women’s Health Center Children’s Tumor Foundation Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Common Threads Cornelia De Lange Syndrome Foundation Cornerstone Community Outreach

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America CureSearch for Children’s Cancer Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Danny Did Foundation Dare2tri Debra of America Dreams for Kids Endure to Cure Pediatric Cancer Foundation Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago Equine Dreams Erika’s Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression Esperanza Health Centers Every Mother Counts Fuel Up to Play 60 Gilda’s Club Chicago Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana Girls on the Run Girl Up Golden Apple Foundation Goldie’s Place Grassroot Soccer Greater Chicago Food Depository Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association Grip Outreach for Youth Have Dreams Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation HDSA

102 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Heifer International Homes for Our Troops Illinois Spina Bifida Association Imerman Angels/Team Imerman Angels Infant Welfare Society of Chicago Inheritance of Hope Jack H. Marston II Melanoma Fund JDRF Jewish United Fund Joslin Diabetes Center La Casa Norte Latinos Progresando Launch U Les Turner ALS Foundation LuMind Research Down Syndrome Foundation Lungevity Foundation Lupus Society of Illinois March of Dimes Marley’s Mutts Dog Rescue Mercy Home for Boys & Girls Misericordia Mission of Our Lady of the Angels MMRF MSI MS Society Muscular Dystrophy Association National Kidney Foundation of Illinois National Psoriasis Foundation NPH USA Oasis For Orphans Old St. Pat’s One Mission One Tail at A Time Open Heart Magic Opportunity Knocks Organization for Autism Research Inc. Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Parkinson’s Foundation Pat Tillman Foundation Pav YMCA Foundation PCRF Phil’s Friends

Pkd Foundation Playworks Illinois Project AWARE Project Purple Respiratory Health Association Restoration Ministries RISE International Run Domestic Violence Out of Town SALUTE, INC. SCIA Shriner’s Hospitals for Children-Chicago Smile Train South Suburban Humane Society Special Olympics Chicago Susan F Lasky Cancer Foundation Taller de Jose Team for Kids Team Fox Team IMPACT Team In Training - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team One Step TEAM PAWS Team Save the Children TEAM TO END AIDS Team World Vision The Anti-Cruelty Society The Cure It Foundation The Lynn Sage Foundation The Mission Continues Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Unite 2 Fight Paralysis United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation University of Iowa Dance Marathon Ups for Downs Urban Initiatives Van Andel Institute Vandercook College of Music Where There's a Will, There's a Cure World Bicycle Relief World Wildlife Fund Inc Wright-Way Rescue Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 103

Volunteers The helpful hands and encouraging words of Bank of America Chicago Marathon volunteers welcome participants at every moment along the course, giving runners motivation when they need it most. Thank you for the spirit that you have provided and continue to bring to the Chicago Marathon year after year. Visit chicagomarathon.com/volunteer to learn more.

A Silver Lining Foundation Abbott AC San Luis Achilles Freedom Team Volunteers Air Force Academy High School Alpha Kappa Psi Eta Rho Alpha Phi Omega Beta Gamma Alpha Phi Omega Midwest - Chicago Alumni Association Alpine Runners American Airlines American Postal Workers Union APO Midwest Alumni Assn. #39 Arlington Trotters Athletes with Disabilities Team Aurora University Cross Country Aurora University Sigma Delta Gamma Bank of America Bernie's Book Bank Black Girls RUN! Chicago Blessons Bolingbrook High School Girls Cross-Country Team BPNC Calumet Region Striders Chi Sigma Omega and Sigma Alpha Mu Chicago Bulls College Prep Chicago Military Academy - Bronzeville Chicago Run Chicago State University

Chicago Texas Exes Chinese American Service League Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community Columbia Events Classes Conant Cross Country Dare2Tri De La Salle Institute Deerfield High School Girls Cross Country Deluxe Distance Productions DePaul ACFE DePaul Alpha Kappa Psi DePaul Alpha Phi DePaul Alpha Phi Omega DePaul DECA DePaul Delta Gamma DePaul Delta Zeta DePaul Detla Sigma Pi - Alpha Omega DePaul Food for Education DePaul HACE DePaul Honors Program DePaul Pathway Honors DePaul Phi Kappa Psi DePaul Phi Mu DePaul Sigma Chi DePaul Sigma Phi Epsilon DePaul Special Events Class East Bank Club Engineering World Health

*The organizations and groups listed provided volunteer support for the 2017 event.

104 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Evanston Township High School Girls Cross Country Evanston Running Club Evergreen Park Community High School Evolent Health Expedia Fermilab EV+ Filipinos in Alliance Fleet Feet Chicago Frontrunners/Frontwalkers Chicago Gamma Phi Omega Geneva Vikings Cross Country George Westinghouse College Prep Glen Ellyn Runners Glenbrook North Cross Country Team Golder College Prep - Treninos Advisory Grayslake Central Cross Country Team Hancock College Prep High School Harlan High School Harvest Bible Chapel Holy Trinity High School IIT Phi Kappa Sigma IIT Triangle Fraternity Illinios Tech Circle K International Illinois Cross Country and Track Clubs Illinois School Psycologists Association Jim's Bridge to a Brighter Future Jones College Prep Girls Cross Country Junior League of Chicago Kappa Pi Beta Fraternity, Inc.

KAPWA Kennedy King College Health & Wellness Club Korean American Student Association Kroy Running Club Lake Forest College Cross Country Lakeshore Athletic Services Lamda Phi Epsilon, Delta Phi Lambda & SVU Lincoln-Way Central Track & Cross Country Lindblom JROTC Loyola Alpha Phi Omega Loyola Beta Theta Pi Fraternity LPMSA Malcolm X College Mayas Soccer Academy Medlife UIC Metztli Molex Moraine Valley Community College Morton Ambassadors Program Morton Salt National Honor Society - Perspectives Charter School, Joslin New Trier Boys Cross Country Niles West Oakton Runners Club NIU Alpha Phi Omega NIU Beta Alpha Psi NIU Circle K NIU Lambda Sigma Northside College Prep Key Club Northwestern Club of Chicago Oak Park Runners Club OES - Rebecca D. Boone Chapter #28 One Brick Oak Park and River Forest Swim & Dive/ Huskie Athletic Council Our Lady of Tepeyac High School Palatine High School: Project Excel Park Forest Running & Pancake Club Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Peace & Education High School PepsiCo Phil's Friends Purdue Northwest Cross Country Resurrection New Beginnings Riverside Brookfield High School Romeoville High School Cross Country Roosevelt Hospitality

Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Rosary Track & Cross Country Rotary International Staff Rowe-Clark Math and Science Academy Run to the Pub Running Squad Saints Youth Track Club See the Silver Lining Sisters in Touch Southside's Finest Stevenson High School Runners Students Run Chicago Taft High School Eagles Tata Consultancy Services The Noble Academy Thornwood Cross Country Tri-Masters Sports Initiative University of Chicago Alpha Phi Omega UIC Accounting Club UIC ALPFA UIC Alpha Phi Omega UIC Delta Kappa Delta UIC GEMS UIC Global Brigades UIC HSA & SSO UIC Kinesiology Club UIC NRHH UIC Phi Kappa Psi UIC Phi Sigma Sigma UIC Pre-Dental Club UIC Pre-Nursing Student Organization UIC ROTC UIC Society of Future Physicians UIC Sociology Club UIC Tau Kappa Epsilon UIC Theta Lambda Beta UIC Theta Xi UNC Chapel Hill - Chicago Carolina Club University of Chicago US NAVY North Chicago/USPHS Von Steuben Environmental Club Von Steuben Key Club Whitney Young High School Windy City Playhouse Women In Cable Telecommunications Women RUN The World World Bicycle Relief Course Marshals

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 105

Offi cial sponsors

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

MEDIA PARTNERS

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS Blue Plate Catering, Crunchmaster Crackers, Deloitte, Hilton Chicago, Maui Jim Sunglasses, Michigan Apple Committee, Park Grill, PODS, Root3 Growth Marketing, Spara Inc., Stryker-Physio Control, White Claw Hard Seltzer

VENDOR PARTNERS City Scents, Crowdrise, CTA, Divvy, Dos Toros Taqueria, GO Airport Express, Lagadere, Language Access Network, MarathonFoto, Social Sparkling Wine, SpotHero, TSMGI, ZonePerfect Nutrition Bars

COMMUNITY PARTNER

106 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 107

AD

AD

AD

Saving A Life Is Always A Win! Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

An AED can make a difference when every minute counts.

SPECIAL OFFER For a limited time, SOS Technologies is offering race participants special pricing on AEDs from Stryker including the LIFEPAK CR® Plus AED and Heartsine® Samaritan® PAD 360P.

LIFEPAK CR® Plus AED

Heartsine® Samaritan® PAD 360P

It’s A Matter Of Life And Life.

To take advantage of this special offer, visit www.SOS4Safety.com or call 1-888-705-6100.

SOS Technologies is proud to be an Associate Sponsor of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and supplier for the event.

SOS Technologies, 4900 N. Elston Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630 PH: (888) 705-6100 | FX: (888) 554-6100 Authorized Distributor

®

CA AD FOCUS ON

YOUR FINISH...

WE’LL FOCUS ON YOU. Visit MarathonFoto.com

GET YOUR RACE OFF TO A GREAT START WITH A SPECIAL PRE-RACE DISCOUNT! Marathonfoto, the Official Photographer of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon for over 30 years.

Smile for our photographers in yellow vests along the race course and see your big finish at MarathonFoto.com!

Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party Upon exiting the finish area, celebrate your accomplishment at the Biofreeze 27th Mile PostRace Party in Butler Field, near the start line at Columbus Drive and Jackson Drive. The outdoor celebration will feature live music, food and beverages available for purchase. Participants age 21 and over (photo ID required) can redeem the tear-off portion of their bib number for one free Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale or Next Coast IPA. The 27th Mile Post-Race Party is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., with live music beginning at 10:30 a.m.

RUNNER REUNITE Connect with friends and family aft er the race, at Runner Reunite. Alphabetical signs (A-Z) will be staged on Columbus Dr. adjacent to the Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party. Plan to connect in this area and then head to the Post-Race Party to celebrate.

CITY SCENTS FLOWERS FOR SALE City Scents is off ering “good luck” and “congratulations” fl oral arrangements and bouquets for purchase online and on race day. For delivery to a hotel, home or offi ce, go to the Marathon store page at chicagomarathon. com or call 312.836.0211 or 800.886.1050; or stop by their 209 E. Ohio Street location. City Scents also off ers fl oral bouquets for sale on race day in Grant Park at four locations near the start/ fi nish area.

INFORMATION PRESENTED

BY MOLEX An Information Tent will be located within the Biofreeze 27th Mile Post-Race Party.

Volunteers will assist participants and spectators with general inquires as well as lost & found items.

City agencies MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS, 2ND WARD ALDERMAN PAT DOWELL, 3RD WARD ALDERMAN SOPHIA KING, 4TH WARD ALDERMAN PATRICK THOMPSON, 11TH WARD ALDERMAN DANIEL SOLIS, 25TH WARD ALDERMAN WALTER BURNETT, JR., 27TH WARD ALDERMAN JASON ERVIN, 28TH WARD ALDERMAN BRENDAN REILLY, 42ND WARD ALDERMAN MICHELE SMITH, 43RD WARD ALDERMAN THOMAS TUNNEY, 44TH WARD ALDERMAN JAMES CAPPLEMAN, 46TH WARD GINGER S. EVANS, COMMISSIONER Department of Aviation MARK KELLY, COMMISSIONER Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ALICIA TATE-NADEAU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Office of Emergency Management and Communications JOSÉ A. SANTIAGO, FIRE COMMISSIONER Chicago Fire Department KAREN M. TAMLEY, COMMISSIONER Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities EDDIE JOHNSON, POLICE SUPERINTENDENT Chicago Police Department JULIE MORITA, M.D., COMMISSIONER Department of Public Health MR. CHARLES L. WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER Department of Streets and Sanitation REBEKAH SCHEINFELD, COMMISSIONER Department of Transportation MICHAEL P. KELLY, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT & CEO Chicago Park District DORVAL R. CARTER, JR., PRESIDENT Chicago Transit Authority JOHN F. TULLY Commissioner of the Department of Streets and Sanitation

AD

CA AD

Making an impact, one step at a time Deloitte is proud to support the thousands of inspirational runners who choose to run the marathon on behalf of a charity. With every step they take, they are taking strides to improve the lives of others, and their communities. www.deloitte.com

Copyright Š 2016 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved.

y p a r e Th

Running is. ..

P A E H C

s

u n Joi

for a

9 1 0 2 a y 4 M n u r

Wisconsin Marathon HALF MARATHON AND 5K MAY 4, 2019 | REGISTER AT: WISCONSINMARATHON.COM Run along Lake Michigan this spring at the cheesiest marathon around! Convenient, flat, friendly and delicious! Only 1 hour from Chicago and 50 minutes from Milwaukee.

Kenosha!

Saturday, October 6, 2018

USA Every October, runners from around the world travel to Chicago to experience this international city by running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Whether you’re running the Chicago Marathon, cheering on friends or looking to be part of the excitement of race weekend, we invite you to join us at the Advocate Health Care International Chicago 5K!

REGISTER TODAY chicago5k.com

Runners will receive a commemorative hat, bib and medal.

OCTO

BER 6

, 2018

AD

La Patrona 10AM-3PM

Lili Mendoza 3PM-7PM

Marco Por Las Noches 7PM-12AM

WWW.LALEY1079.COM

,

©2018 GOOSE ISLAND BEER CO., CHICAGO, IL l ENJOY RESPONSIBLY.

You’re in it for the long run.

So are we.

Learn how you can work with a financial advisor to create a long-term strategy built around your life and priorities. Visit ml.com.

Merrill Lynch is proud to support the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, one of the great events that make our community so special.

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management makes available products and services offered by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a registered broker-dealer and Member SIPC, and other subsidiaries of Bank of America Corporation.

Investment products:

Are Not FDIC Insured

Are Not Bank Guaranteed

May Lose Value

© 2018 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved. | ARVM3W5K | AD-06-18-0234 | 07/2018