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This day in athletics – October 8
1881— Running on the 640-year-old track in New City, Lon Myers won the 1,000 yards in 2:13.0 to break his own world record.
880s on the way to 1:53.6. Myers is a charter member of the National Hall of Fame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Myers
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20846307/rise-of-a-running-nation/
2006— Lorna Kiplagat of the Netherlands set a world record of 1:03:21 for the 20,000 meters at the inaugural IAAF World Road Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/lornah-the-lion-fearless-and-now-first-de
2017— Galen Rupp became the first American since 2002 to win the Chicago Marathon (2:09:20).
Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba won the women’s division in 2:18:31, with Jordan Hassi third.th with a personal best time of 2:20:57.
From Runner’s World.
This is Rupp’s fourth marathon, his best time and his first major world marathon victory. He crossed the finish line smiling, greeted by his wife Kiara and three young children. “My wife gave her life to support me and my children. I work my ass off and don’t get to see them as much as I want. So it’s a real emotional thing,” Rupp said. “You put so much into this one race, to see them at the finish line, to see them happy, that means the world to me.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mens-chicago-marathon-winner-2017-449972823.html
Videos:
Features:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9zHTc8K-lI
Complete race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRwNLIOlIKg
Past winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_Chicago_Marathon
in 2023– And the beating continues. Two weeks later Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa stunned the running world by setting a women’s world record of 2:11:53 in Berlin, a new chapter was added to this new era of the marathon (thanks to “supershoes”) when Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum ran. 2:00.35 in Chicago to beat Eliud Kipchoge’s world record of 2:01:09.
It was 3th It’s a marathon victory in less than a year for the 23-year-old, who made his debut last December in Valencia, Spain, where he ran 2:01.53. He also won in London 6 months ago in 2:01:25, giving him a 3 race average of 2:01:13. Only Kipchoge has ever run faster in a single race. Sadly, Kiptum and his trainer died in a car accident in February 2024.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5683525/2024/08/09/kelvin-kiptum-tragedy-olympics/
For much of the women’s race, it looked as if Asefa’s record might also fall, either to two-time defending champion Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya or Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, competing just six weeks after the 1,500 (bronze). 5,000 (silver) and 10,000 (fell just before the end while leading) at the World Championships in Budapest.
The pace eventually slowed a bit and Cepngetic looked like he might win for 3th year in a row, but Hasan then took control of the race to win in 2:13:44, a course record and 2.th– fastest time in history. Chepngetic finished in 2nd placeth at 2:15:37 a.m.
It was a good day for the Americans, who took 4 of the top 10 places in the men’s race and 3 in the women’s race.
For the men, training partners and former BYU teammates Conner Mantz (6th-2:07:47) and Clayton Young (7th-2:08:00), both of whom ran personal bests and bettered the Olympic qualifying standard of 2:08:10. 8 o’clockth It was Galen Rupp (2:08:48) and 9th It was Sam Chelanga (2:08:50 PB).
(BYU’s Ed Eistone, who still coaches Mantz and Young, was part of the local NBC affiliate’s announcing crew that covered the race, along with Kerry Tollefson.)
Emily Sisson, who set an American record of 2:18:29 in last year’s race, finished 7th.th (2:22:09) in the women’s race, followed by 2021 Olympic bronze medalist Molly Seidel in 8th.th with a personal best of 2:23:07 and Sarah Vonn 10th (2:23:24 PB). Emma Bates finished in 12th placeth at 2:25:04 (see below).
Reporting by David Monti: https://chicago-marathon.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=187&do=news&news_id=667074
LetsRun cover: https://www.letsrun.com/events/2023/10/2023-bank-of-america-chicago-marathon
Citius Mag commented and showed splits during his Watch Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5l4unoHDNc
Emma Bates On Instagram. “We got halfway to where we wanted in under 1:09:30. I got to the next water stop and did a weird step and messed up my feet (which I was already having some trouble with). From mile 16 I was spinning, stopped twice, and slowed considerably from the pain.”
