Chicago Marathon Coverage Online
Live streaming of CBS' official race coverage in Chicago is happening at http://www.cbs2chicago.com/.
A couple of early notes --
+ The men's first two mile splits were 4:52 and 4:48.
+ American Brian Sell was not in the lead pack ... determined to try and run his own race with event splits of 64:30 in the front and back half to hit 2:09.
+ Constantina Tomescu-Dita ran 15:33 through the first three miles - going off strong like she has a huge reputation of doing.)
+ Richard Kiplagat and Sammy Kipketer was two of the four paid rabbits to run 63:10 through the halfway point.
+ Former Steelers QB Mark Malone, the sports director and lead sports anchor at CBS 2 Chicago, led the station's coverage.
This link -- http://cbs2chicago.com/chicagomarathon_elite -- is providing live updates.
+ A third of today's participants are running their first marathon.
+ Wheelchair marathoners had passed the half way point by 8:45 a.m.
+ Tomescu-Dita's split at mile 7 was 36:15. The men's 8-mile split was 38:40.
+ The lead men's pack consisted of 16 runners at the 48-minute mark.
+ The men went through mile 10 at 48:12 - at a or just under 2:06 pace.
+ Legendary women's marathoner Katherine Switzer is part of the CBS 2 Chicago's broadcast team.
+ The men have gone through the half-way point at 1:03:11.
+ Tomescu-Dita continues to be on a world record pace and the second and third place women are 2 minutes and 6 seconds behind her. 1:07:49 through the half way point for her!
+ Mile 16 is at 1:22 and change for the men.
+ Watching the coverage, Malone and Switzer were asking the on-course reporter on the motorcycle, "Which one is Abdi Abdirahman?" Well, duh, he's the one in the white singlet with USA across the middle.
+ Tomescu-Dita's mile 16 split was right on the event record. 5:38 and 5:26 splits in mile 15 and 16, but she was running into the wind going west.
+ Pacesetters are out at mile 19.
+ The wheelchair winner - in a pack of three - finishes in just over 1:38 - five minutes off of the course best of 1:29.
+ A pack of four men lead - around mile 20 - including Boston Marathon winner Robert Cheriuyot and Abdirahman.
+ 2003 and 2004 winner Joshua George, a University of Illinois student, wins the wheelchair race over Mexico native Saul Mendoza of Wimberley, Texas.
+ Gas in Chicago is $2.59 per gallon.
+ Robert Cheriuyot put on a little bit of a surge and Jimmy Muindi and Daniel Njenga responded. Abdirahman is in fourth.
+ On the motorcyle covering the women's marathon leader was 1996 1,500 meter Olympian Juli Henner.
+ George wins in 1:38:31 and Mendoza was a second behind in 1:38:32.
+ At 1:51 and change, Cheriuyot, Muindi and Njenga are together. Abdirahman is off the lead pack of three.
+ At 1:54:49, Njenga is struggling to stay with Cheriuyot and Muindi.
+ At 1:57:17, Dita's lead is just over a minute. Mile 22 was 5:47, her slowest of the race.
+ At 1:58:06, Juli Henner can spot the second-place female from the motorcycle.
+ Should Robert Cheriuyot win, he would be the first male runner to win Boston and Chicago in the same year. (Catherine Ndereba did so in 2001. Ingrid Kristiansen did in 1986 too.)
+ At 2:02:39, Dita's lead has dropped to just about 15 seconds. (Henner has reported that Dita has been passed by 30 men with no response.)
+ With less than a mile, Cheriuyot makes a kick on Njenga.
+ At 2:04:24, Dita was just passed by a pair of female runners - Galina Bogomolova (RUS) and Birhane Adere (ETH).
+ At 2:06:12, Cheriuyot and Njenga are shoulder-to-shoulder!
+ Cheriuyot appears to win in 2:07:34 and while trying to break the tape, he slips on the marathon logo!
+ Abdirahman and Brian Sell finish 4th and 6th. Sell reportedly finishes at 2:10:47. Abdi's time is the 3rd fastest ever by an American.
+ Adere finished 4th earlier this year in London, just six (6) seconds in front of Bogomolova - 2:21:52 to 2:21:58. (Her time is the 6th best this year and is trying to join the sub-2:20 club.)
+ Adere wins in 2:20:42 - regaining the Ethiopian national record! Bogomolova finishes 2nd and it looks like Benita Johnson (AUS) will finish third to post three national records in the top three!)
+ Tomescu-Dita finishes in 2:24:24 - a 1:16-plus back half after a 1:07:49 front half.
A couple of early notes --
+ The men's first two mile splits were 4:52 and 4:48.
+ American Brian Sell was not in the lead pack ... determined to try and run his own race with event splits of 64:30 in the front and back half to hit 2:09.
+ Constantina Tomescu-Dita ran 15:33 through the first three miles - going off strong like she has a huge reputation of doing.)
+ Richard Kiplagat and Sammy Kipketer was two of the four paid rabbits to run 63:10 through the halfway point.
+ Former Steelers QB Mark Malone, the sports director and lead sports anchor at CBS 2 Chicago, led the station's coverage.
This link -- http://cbs2chicago.com/chicagomarathon_elite -- is providing live updates.
+ A third of today's participants are running their first marathon.
+ Wheelchair marathoners had passed the half way point by 8:45 a.m.
+ Tomescu-Dita's split at mile 7 was 36:15. The men's 8-mile split was 38:40.
+ The lead men's pack consisted of 16 runners at the 48-minute mark.
+ The men went through mile 10 at 48:12 - at a or just under 2:06 pace.
+ Legendary women's marathoner Katherine Switzer is part of the CBS 2 Chicago's broadcast team.
+ The men have gone through the half-way point at 1:03:11.
+ Tomescu-Dita continues to be on a world record pace and the second and third place women are 2 minutes and 6 seconds behind her. 1:07:49 through the half way point for her!
+ Mile 16 is at 1:22 and change for the men.
+ Watching the coverage, Malone and Switzer were asking the on-course reporter on the motorcycle, "Which one is Abdi Abdirahman?" Well, duh, he's the one in the white singlet with USA across the middle.
+ Tomescu-Dita's mile 16 split was right on the event record. 5:38 and 5:26 splits in mile 15 and 16, but she was running into the wind going west.
+ Pacesetters are out at mile 19.
+ The wheelchair winner - in a pack of three - finishes in just over 1:38 - five minutes off of the course best of 1:29.
+ A pack of four men lead - around mile 20 - including Boston Marathon winner Robert Cheriuyot and Abdirahman.
+ 2003 and 2004 winner Joshua George, a University of Illinois student, wins the wheelchair race over Mexico native Saul Mendoza of Wimberley, Texas.
+ Gas in Chicago is $2.59 per gallon.
+ Robert Cheriuyot put on a little bit of a surge and Jimmy Muindi and Daniel Njenga responded. Abdirahman is in fourth.
+ On the motorcyle covering the women's marathon leader was 1996 1,500 meter Olympian Juli Henner.
+ George wins in 1:38:31 and Mendoza was a second behind in 1:38:32.
+ At 1:51 and change, Cheriuyot, Muindi and Njenga are together. Abdirahman is off the lead pack of three.
+ At 1:54:49, Njenga is struggling to stay with Cheriuyot and Muindi.
+ At 1:57:17, Dita's lead is just over a minute. Mile 22 was 5:47, her slowest of the race.
+ At 1:58:06, Juli Henner can spot the second-place female from the motorcycle.
+ Should Robert Cheriuyot win, he would be the first male runner to win Boston and Chicago in the same year. (Catherine Ndereba did so in 2001. Ingrid Kristiansen did in 1986 too.)
+ At 2:02:39, Dita's lead has dropped to just about 15 seconds. (Henner has reported that Dita has been passed by 30 men with no response.)
+ With less than a mile, Cheriuyot makes a kick on Njenga.
+ At 2:04:24, Dita was just passed by a pair of female runners - Galina Bogomolova (RUS) and Birhane Adere (ETH).
+ At 2:06:12, Cheriuyot and Njenga are shoulder-to-shoulder!
+ Cheriuyot appears to win in 2:07:34 and while trying to break the tape, he slips on the marathon logo!
+ Abdirahman and Brian Sell finish 4th and 6th. Sell reportedly finishes at 2:10:47. Abdi's time is the 3rd fastest ever by an American.
+ Adere finished 4th earlier this year in London, just six (6) seconds in front of Bogomolova - 2:21:52 to 2:21:58. (Her time is the 6th best this year and is trying to join the sub-2:20 club.)
+ Adere wins in 2:20:42 - regaining the Ethiopian national record! Bogomolova finishes 2nd and it looks like Benita Johnson (AUS) will finish third to post three national records in the top three!)
+ Tomescu-Dita finishes in 2:24:24 - a 1:16-plus back half after a 1:07:49 front half.
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