The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon was cut short for the first time in its history Sunday as hundreds of runners laboring across ovenlike streets were treated for heat-related illness.
The stoppage happened about 3 ½ hours after the start gun on an abnormally sweltering autumn day, amid complaints of insufficient water for more than 35,000 runners who had come from around the world to compete in one of its preeminent marathons.
One runner, a 35-year-old Michigan police officer, died after collapsing in the race's 19th mile, but it was not clear whether the death was heat-related.
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[NOTE - Our LifeLubers who ran/limped this Infernal Death March on behalf of the AIDS Marathon Training Program are okay]
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