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Chicago Marathon – 08 de Outubro de 2023

A Maratona de Chicago é uma das maratonas mais conhecidas e populares do mundo, realizada anualmente na cidade de Chicago, Illinois. A corrida começou em 1977 e atrai corredores de todo o mundo.

A maratona de Chicago acontece no mês de outubro e o percurso começa e termina no Grant Park, no centro de Chicago. O percurso de 42,195 km passa por alguns dos pontos turísticos mais famosos da cidade, como a Magnificent Mile, o Lincoln Park e o bairro de Chinatown.

Em 2019, a Maratona de Chicago teve um recorde de participantes, com mais de 45.000 corredores de todo o mundo. A maratona é conhecida por seu percurso plano e rápido, o que a torna popular entre corredores que buscam melhorar seus tempos pessoais.

Além da maratona principal, há outras corridas que acontecem durante o fim de semana da Maratona de Chicago, incluindo uma meia maratona e uma corrida de 5 km.

Para mais informações sobre a Maratona de Chicago, incluindo datas, inscrições, percurso e dicas para corredores, você pode visitar o site oficial: https://www.chicagomarathon.com/.

Yuki Kawauchi – Win Boston Marathon 2018

Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi won the men’s race at the 122nd Boston Marathon in such dramatic fashion that it will surely be recalled alongside such epics as the Duel in the Sun of 1982 and the Johnny Kelley/Ellison Brown battle of 1936. A customarily deep field ensured that the mano a mano competition would always be the focus of the day; but, with conditions ranging from consistently heavy rain to a veritable monsoon, it was undeniable that the weather was enormously significant in the outcome.

Even Kawauchi assented. “I think the conditions were instrumental in pulling off this victory,” he stated after crossing the Boylston Street finish line in a time of 2:15:58, the slowest winning time since 1976 (when it was blazing hot), but still almost two and a half minutes up on second placed Geoffrey Kirui, the defending champion (2:18:23) and a further twelve seconds ahead of third placed Shadrack Biwott (2:18:35).

The race may have been slow, but the manner of Kawauchi’s victory was enthralling. As he conceded, “I bet there’s not a single person in Boston who thought that I would win today.” Saliently, he added, “But, in the marathon anything can happen.”

It wasn’t just the fact of the upset, it was the manner in which the win was earned. Always in Boston, a runner bolts off the finish line, into a sizeable lead, only to fade and never be seen again. Kawauchi was that runner this year, defying the torrential rain and blustery winds and blasting through the first mile in 4:37 with a 13 second lead over a pack of 25 runners that included Kirui (KEN), 2016 winner Lemi Berhanu (ETH), 2013 and 2015 winner Lelisa Desisa (ETH) and 2017 Chicago champ (and Boston second placer) Galen Rupp. One mile later (9:30), the gap was down to eight seconds, and the inevitable seemed about to happen. Except that it didn’t.