Heat and humidity shut down Chicago Marathon, one runner dead.

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One dead in heat-shortened marathon
302 runners hospitalized, officials say

By Andrew Wang, Josh Noel, Shannon Ryan and Neil Milbert | Tribune staff reporters
4:55 PM CDT, October 7, 2007

A Michigan man who collapsed during Sunday's heat-shortened LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon has died, authorities said.

A spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said the victim, identified as 35-year-old man from Midland, Mich., was picked up near the intersection of 15th Street and Ashland Avenue.

The man was taken to West Side Veteran's Administration Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:50 p.m.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-71007marathon-short-story,0,7788754.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout

It's really hot and humid. More than 300 people were taken to the hospital. Officials shut down the race 3 1/2 hours after its start.

[BarenakedLady]

1. Wow.

That's sad.

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. Oh no!

:cry:

What an awful thing to have happen.

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3. I am really happy that my brother-in-law wasn't running this year.

So, I imagine, is my sister.

Very sad, the guy was only 35.

[fizzgig]

4. how sad

:(

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

5. Very sad

I'm also glad your loved one wasn't running!

[NC_Nurse]

6. Damn, that's terrible!

:-(

Guess they probably should've cancelled or postponed it.

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7. People were here from all over the world to participate.

The male winner was from Kenya and the female from Ethiopia. Millions of dollars are spent on it, much like the Boston Marathon.

Heck, they hold it in October because the weather is usually cooler. Today's 88 degrees was 22 above the norm for the day of 66.

[NC_Nurse]

8. I forgot about all the hoopla. Too bad the weather didn't

cooperate.
It's hotter than hell her too. We're going to be at 92 for the next couple of days. :wtf:

[BrklynLiberal]

9. My son lives in Chicago, and he said it hit 88 today. They were stopping people from running at one

point. If they had not passed a certain point by a particular time, they were told to stop running because they would not be able to finish at all.
It must have been horrendous...