Apparently the City of Chicago can’t even execute the simple task of providing water, amazingly Chicago’s most abundant resource from Lake Michigan, to a group of marathon runners. I’m both terribly saddened and civicly embarrassed by this event, yet almost nobody seems to see a need for significant change in Chicago government leadership to people who can actually execute.
Rob’s Run To Remember stated it very clearly:
Mist stations? Stations? There was ONE…at about 25.5. Anything else was an opened hydrant or a caring spectator who had a hose spraying out onto the runners. Mist stations, my ass. I mentioned mist stations to one of the organizers at the Expo on Friday and he kinda looked at me as if to say “I wish…”
Based on this, I can’t see how Chicago can host the 2016 Olympics. If marathon organizers can’t supply enough water and gatorade, or at least try to ensure that there is some backup plan…
Many, many blog entries of others more closely involved than myself:
Paul R Smith Dot Com
The Dogwood Report
Canada, Eh?
NPA Think Tank
Chicago is a very sports-oriented city that has developed a multitude of programs over the last decade for the enhancement and development of the athletic citizens and communities, and spent millions beautifying the lands to the calibre of the Garden of Eden…
What a better place for the heart and soul of each challenger to achieve the ultimate glory within each one’s soul and rise to their own star.