Monday, October 12, 2009

Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2009





















Sunday was the 32nd annual Chicago Marathon hosted by bank of America. This year over 30,000 runners finished, there was a new men's record broken and a new women's winner.




I spent the day volunteering at the 23rd mile of the race dedicated to Susan G. Komen, where we cheered on all runners, including our very own in the Marathon for SGK, as well as pass out pink pom-poms and clappers.




We saw helicopters overhead, and the TV crews come by focusing in on the lead as the first runners came along...and not just runners...wheel chairs (if you call them that - they looked like super-charged, turbo bikes run solely on the power of a man's - or woman's - arms (AMAZING), runners on prosthesis (AMAZING), and even runners who were blind (and again, AMAZING), were all part of a 29 mile journey...I am in complete awe of these people. ALL of them.






Special thanks to Mr. John Anderson, President, and Mr. David Baker, Vice President for External Affairs, of the Illinois Institute of Technology of Chicago, for not only coming out to the event, but also helping put our mile together and providing pastries and coffee, tea and water to keep the volunteers refreshed. They are very generous to have done so much (so nice to have met you both!).



Special thanks to Kathi and Gregg Grummel, not only for your continued service, and hard work this weekend, but also for the extra effort of getting me back to the train station! You are so kind!
To all of the volunteers and workers (Karen, Cara, Kari, Beth and Sheryl), thank you for all your work in making a great event even more great, and for supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure.



Enjoy the shots!

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