A Modest Proposal

[[old] highkneeler]

...In honor of the Chicago Marathon.<br /><br />Ducking for cover,<br />Will Rhodes

[[old] Godfried]

<!--QuoteBegin-highkneeler+Jun 7 2005, 06:26 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(highkneeler @ Jun 7 2005, 06:26 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->...In honor of the Chicago Marathon.<br /><br />Ducking for cover,<br />Will Rhodes <br /> </td></tr></table><br />No need to duck, just get your calcalator in order : 42,195 m = 26.22 mile. <br /><br />The Chicago Marathon is 26.2 mi, so almost a real marathon.

[[old] andyArvid]

Godfried checkout <a href='http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nati ... &cset=true' target='_blank'>this</a><br /><br />Chicago Lakeshore Marathon was 2<b>7</b>.2 miles.

[[old] Godfried]

<b>Extra Mile Upsets Marathoners in Chicago</b><br /><br />By Associated Press<br />Published June 3, 2005, 7:22 PM CDT<br /><br />CHICAGO -- Any marathon is a grueling test of physical and mental endurance, but Chicago's Lakeshore Marathon was extra tough this year: The course was inadvertently set a mile too long. <br /><br />More than 500 runners finished the Memorial Day race, running 27.2 miles instead of the standard 26.2. <br /><br />The long layout of the state's only spring marathon, as well as problems such as missing mile markers and unstaffed aid stations, led some runners to urge the city to stop issuing permits for the Lakeshore Marathon until it's under new management. <br /><br />Race founder and organizer Mark Cihlar issued an apology on www.marathonguide.com on Thursday. Last-minute changes "caused us to miscalculate and we foolishly added an extra mile -- how terrible!" he wrote in a memo to race participants. <br /><br />Cihlar, who has had sole responsibility for 90 percent of the marathon's planning for the past four years, said he plans to relinquish control over event coordination and is seeking qualified directors and coordinators to help on the 2006 race. <br /><br />Marathon entrant and attorney Hugh Mainard of Chicago said that's not enough. Mainard was so upset that he complained about Cihlar to the officials at Chicago Area Runners Association, the Chicago Department of Special Events, the Chicago Park District and the Boston Athletic Association. <br /><br />"It's hard for me to fathom how someone can get the most basic element of a race wrong," Mainard said. <br /><br />Aurora's Dan Martin, 46, won the men's race in 2:50:24. Chicago's Megan Smiley, 30, won the women's race in 3:12:53. <br /><!--QuoteBegin-andyArvid+Jun 7 2005, 02:40 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(andyArvid @ Jun 7 2005, 02:40 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Godfried checkout <a href='http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nati ... &cset=true' target='_blank'>this</a><br /><br />Chicago Lakeshore Marathon was 2<b>7</b>.2 miles. <br /> </td></tr></table> 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0.6 + 0.6 + 0.6 + 0.6 + 0.6 + 0.6 + 0.6 = ???

[[old] Canoeist]

They should hold the race on April first. It would be fun to have a video camera at the 26.2 mile mark and watch the expressions of all the runners who were told that the finish is still another mile off.<br /><br />Imagine, getting to the finish line totally spent, and then find out that you still have another mile to go!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Paul Flack