KRAC Blog

Spectator's guide to the Chicago Marathon. This is the sort of thing that this event seems to do better than any other race I've seen. The newspapers are full of tips about how to go out and support the runners, too. I was talking to a woman who regularly runs the local half marathons the other night and her big complaint was that there are long, long stretches in the races around here where there is not a spectator to be seen. The cure for this is, I think, is to encourage people to go out and watch races. Beebe's column is for participants-- and is a terrific resource-- but it does not make the sport accessible to spectators.

I was hoping there would be a way to track runners on the net via our chips, but it doesn't look like this is available.