Chicago marathon
Ready, Set, chi-ca-Go
7.10.2012
Summary: Four out of big five completed: Berlin, Boston,
New York, Chicago. Only London remains.
It went as it went. Chilly at start and tightness in the gluteal
from the very start, which took the best out of my race. Cruised
to the finish line in 3:11 without really giving 100%. Maybe few
minutes faster if put all in during the latter part but did not
consider it worth the effort. That's the best I can do this year I suppose.
After the race, cooling down in lake Michigan. The weather was
late Autumn, +4..+8 C during the race and water maybe +10 C
but somewhat windy. During the next few days visited various
cities and universities including Chicago, Ann Arbor, Toledo, Cleveland
and then heading to Pittsburgh where spent about 1 week.
Elections were on and Obama got elected exactly as 4 years
ago when doing New York. And Halloween was coming soon.
Meanwhile in Finland, my sister got married with the old fashion
family habit: inform others only afterwards. Still consider whether
congratulations are due. 
Statistics
Finish time: 3:11:17
Ranking: 1686 / 37455
Pace: 4:33
| | 5k | 10k | 15k | 20k | Half
| 25k | 30k | 35k | 40k | 42k |
| Total time
| 0:20:48 | 0:42:07 | 1:03:48 | 1:26:09
| 1:31:02
| 1:49:03 | 2:12:24 | 2:36:24 | 3:00:37
| 3:11:17
|
| Pace
| 4:10 | 4:16 | 4:20 | 4:28
| 4:20
| 4:30 | 4:40 | 4:48 | 4:51
| 4:52 |
In the competition, Ethiopian took triple win and with qujite
competitive times:
1. Kebede, Tsegaye (ETH) 2:04:38
2. Lilesa, Feyisa (ETH) 2:04:52
3. Regassa, Tilahun (ETH) 2:05:27
Chicago maraton web page
