2024 Chicago Marathon: Recap and Highlights

The 2024 Chicago Marathon on Sunday didn’t disappoint. Ruth Chepngetich soared to a brand new marathon World Report and John Korir surged late to win the boys’s race. Re-live our second by second highlights from the massive day beneath.

Ultimate Notes and Nuggets:

1. The 2024 Chicago Marathon Champion, Ruth Chepngetich, is self coached. She has educated together with her pace-setters (Barnabas Kiptum and Evans Nyakamba Mayaka) within the lead-up to the Chicago Marathon.

2. Chepngetich’s fist half marathon was a 1:04:16. Her private finest is 1:04:02. 1:04:16 would rank because the fifth-fastest half marathon of all time. The time can also be the quickest half marathon ever run on American Soil.

10:52 am EDT:

Susanna Sullivan (USA) breaks 2:22:00 and runs 2:21:56. She finishes seventh.

Lindsay Flanagam is the second American via the road. She finishes in ninth (2:23:31). Emma Bates finishes in eleventh (2:24:00), Gabi Rooker finishes in twelfth (2:24:29) and Lauren Hagans finishes in 14th (2:25:47).

10:50 am EDT:

Sutme Asefa Kebede (ETH) and Irine Cheptai (KEN) spherical out the rostrum within the ladies’s race. They go 2:17:32 and a pair of:17:52, respectively.

Susanna Sullivan remains to be the highest American girl. She is in seventh total.

10:44 am EDT:

Zach Panning (USA) finishes ninth total (2:09:16). He’s the second American finisher within the males’s area. Reed Fischer (USA) finishes thirteenth (undecided the place he got here from, his chip could not have been working), Brian Shrader (USA) completed 14th and Shadrack Kipchirchir (USA) completed sixteenth.

Alex Maier (USA, 18th), Turner Wiley (USA, nineteenth), Charlie Sweeney (USA, twentieth), and JP Flavin (USA, twenty first) have been the subsequent American finishers. All of them ran 2:12:34 or sooner.

10:40 am EDT: WORLD RECORD

WORLD RECORD. Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) wins the 2024 Chicago Marathon with a WORLD RECORD time of two:09:57. She is the primary girl in world historical past to interrupt the two:10:00 barrier.

10:39 am EDT:

CJ Albertson finishes in seventh with an enormous private finest 2:08:17. He finishes because the Prime American within the Area.

10:35 am EDT:

Huseydin Mohamed Esa (ETH) finishes second in along with his 2:04:39, and Amos Kipruto (KEN) finishes in third along with his 2:04:50.

10:34 am EDT:

CJ Albertson (USA) has moved previous Zach Panning (USA). Albertson is as much as eighth, and he’s projected for a 2:08:14 end. Panning is in tenth.

10:33 am EDT: MEN’S FINISH

John Korir (KEN) wins the 2024 Chicago Marathon in 2:02:43. A private finest time, and the second quickest time in race historical past.

10:32 am EDT:

Susanna Sullivan (USA) has moved as much as seventh via the 35km cut up. She remains to be the highest American and he or she is on tempo for a 2:21:09 end. Emma Bates (USA) is in tenth.

10:27 am EDT:

With lower than six minutes remaining within the race, John Korir (KEN) splits 1:56:27 via 40km. He’s 90-seconds forward of his chasers.

He’s on tempo for a 2:02:50 end. Unbelievable effort from him down the stretch.

10:25 am EDT:

Extra Context: Ruth Chepngetich’s pacers are Barnabas Kiptum and Evans Nyakamba Mayaka.

She simply dropped a 5:01 mile. Simply because it appears to be like like she is beginning to fatigue, she places in a quick mile.

10:21 am EDT:

Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) continues to guide the ladies’s race however she is slowing. She is now on 2:09:38 tempo. The World Report is 2:11:53, so she remains to be a few minutes forward of tempo. She is over 35km into the race.

10:16 am EDT:

The lads’s race continues to quicken. John Korir (KEN) comes via 35km in 1:42:19 which is on tempo for a 2:03:21 end. He has opened a 30-second hole.

Korir’s final mile was a 4:22. 

Amos Kipruto (KEN) leads the path pack of Vincent Ngetich (KEN), Jemal Yimer (ETH) and Huseydin Mohamed Esa (ETH).

Zach Panning (USA) and CJ Albertson (USA) have moved into ninth and tenth. Panning is about 14-seconds forward of Albertson. They’re on 2:07:14 and a pair of:07:31 tempo.

10:11 am EDT:

The American Ladies are shifting up!

Susanna Sullivan (USA) has moved as much as eighth and Emma Bates (USA) has moved as much as tenth. Lindsay Flanagan (USA) is in eleventh, Gabi Rooker (USA) is twelfth, Betsy Saina (USA) is in 14th and Lauren Hagans (USA) is in fifteenth.

Sullivan is a couple of minute forward of Bates. Flanagan is one other 20 seconds again and Rooker trails her by 13. Sullivan is on 2:20:40 tempo.

10:10 am EDT:

The pack has re-assembled behind him, however John Korir (KEN) now has a 75 meter lead on the chasers.

10:07 am EDT: 

John Korir (KEN) simply placed on a very sturdy surge. He’s urgent arduous and attempting to open up a lead. Thus far it has labored. He leads by about 4 seconds and he has successfully decimated the pack. They’re strung out behind him.

10:05 am EDT:

Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) comes via 30km in 1:31:49. She has slowed a tad and is now on 2:09:09 tempo, which remains to be World Report tempo. She is about two minutes forward of Kebede (ETH) in second. They’re the one to have come via 30km to date.

10:00 am EDT:

The main males hit the 30k mark in 1:28:18. They’ve picked up the tempo and at the moment are on 2:04:12 tempo. They’re packed collectively however John Korir (KEN) continues to guide that group. 9 males in that pack. 

Zach Panning (USA) and CJ Albertson (USA) have began to tug away from their pack. They’re about 50 seconds behind Kyohei Hosoya (JPN) who’s in tenth, however they’re gaining quick. They’re on 2:06:50 tempo.

The subsequent three Individuals are Shadrack Kipchirchir, Brian Shrader and Nathan Martin. They’re in sixteenth, seventeenth and 18th. Shrader and Martin are about 40-seconds behind Kipchirchir. They’re on 2:09:22 tempo.

9:58 am EDT:

Catherine Debrunner (SUI) dominates the ladies’s Wheelchair race. She wins in 1:36:12. The closest competitor is about three minutes again.

9:55 am EDT:

It seems as if Kiera D’Amato (USA) has dropped from the race. She has not posted a cut up for the reason that 15km mark. She was coping with a plantar subject within the weeks main as much as the 2024 Chicago Marathon.

9:50 am EDT:

The lads’s race is beginning to string out. John Korir (KEN) leads. There at the moment are solely 9 males within the lead pack. Zach Panning (USA) is at present in eleventh and CJ Albertson (USA) continues to run with him. They’re going to contend for high ten ending positions earlier than all is alleged and performed. They’re on 2:06:44 tempo.

9:49 am EDT: 

Sutume Asefa Kebede (ETH) has misplaced lots of floor on Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) within the ladies’s race. Chepngetich now leads by 50-seconds. She remains to be on 2:08:45 tempo.

9:47 am EDT:

Marcel Hug (SUI) wins the boys’s Wheelchair race. He crosses the road in 1:25:54. Daniel Romanchuk (USA) finishes second in 1:25:58 and Tomoki Suzuki (JPN) finishes in third, 1:26:05.

9:40 am EDT:

Extra Context: Ruth Chepngetich’s half marathon private finest is 1:04:02. She cut up 1:04:16 at midway. That may rank because the fifth-fastest half marathon of all time.

1:04:16 is the quickest half marathon ever run on American Soil.

9:34 am EDT:

Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) continues to guide and press. She splits 1:04:16 via the primary half marathon. She is on 2:08:31 tempo, which might smash the present World Report.

Sutume Asefa Kebede (ETH) is about 14 seconds behind Chepngetich. 

Susanna Sullivan (USA) remains to be the highest American girl. She is in tenth, about six minutes behind Chepngetich.

9:30 am EDT:

That hole was short-lived. The ten-man pack continues to guide. They arrive via midway mark in 1:02:19. 

Zach Panning (USA) and CJ Albertson (USA) come via midway in 1:03:20. They’re in eleventh and thirteenth respectively.

9:27 am EDT:

A small hole has began to open within the males’s race with Dawit Wolde Arega (ETH) and John Korir (KEN) main the cost. They’re on low-2:04 tempo.

9:24 am EDT:

Simply as they catch Ruth Chepngetich (KEN), Sutume Asefa Kebede (ETH) appears to be like to be struggling to take care of the tempo. She is on the tail of the pack.

9:21 am EDT:

Kebede (ETH) settled right into a pack of males and now that pack has caught Chepngetich (KEN). They’re at present on World Report tempo.

9:15 am EDT:

There are nonetheless ten males within the lead pack. 44:15 via 15,000m for the leaders. Zach Panning (USA) and CJ Albertson (USA) proceed to guide the chase pack about 40 seconds again.

Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) continues to press within the ladies’s race. She has opened a seven second lead on Sutume Asefa Kebede (ETH). They cut up 45:32 and 45:39 via 15K and they’re practically two minutes forward of the subsequent girl.

Susanna Sullivan (USA) remains to be the highest American girl. She splits 49:53 via 15k. Betsy Saina and Emma Bates are trailing her by lower than 25-seconds. 

9:00 am EDT:

The lead males cut up 29:27 via 10,000m. There are ten males within the lead pack and they’re on 2:04:20 tempo. Zach Panning (USA) and CJ Albertson (USA) lead the chase pack alongside a variety of Japanese runners. They cut up 30:01 via 10k.

Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) and Asefa Kebede Sutume (ETH) lead on the ladies’s aspect. They’re separated by two seconds and cut up 30:14 via 10k. That was a 15:14 5K for Chepngetich.

The highest American ladies are occupying the tenth via the 18th positions. Susanna Sullivan (USA) is in tenth, about 24 seconds forward of Keira D’Amato, Emma Bates and Betsy Saina. Behind them, Sara Corridor, Sara Vaughn, Lindsay Flanagan, Annie Frisbie and Gabi Rooker are packed up one other 20-seconds again..

8:45 am EDT:

The Elite Males cut up 14:43 via the opening 5,000m. Dawit Wolde Arega (ETH) leads the pack however Kyohie Hosoya (JPN) and Birhanu Legese (ETH) sit on his shoulder.

Zach Panning (USA) and CJ Albertson (USA) are at present the highest two Individuals. They cut up 15-flat via the primary 5,000m.

Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) is at present the highest girl. She cut up 15-flat via the primary 5,000m and he or she is working with Zach Panning and CJ Albertson. She is on 2:06:35 tempo.

Susanna Sullivan (USA) is at present the highest American girl in tenth. She cut up 16:27 via the primary cut up. Keira D’Amato and Betsy Saina are 20 seconds behind her.

8:39 am EDT:

The lead fields appear to be urgent the fuel early. The lead males pack transfer previous the pacers about ten minutes into the race. Ruth Chepngetich is tucked in with a number of the elite males. It’s clear that she is making a World Report try.

8:30 am EDT:

The 2024 Chicago Marathon will get underway. Two tempo setters soar to the lead.

8:29 am EDT:

Race organizers pause for a second of silence in remembrance and honor of the late Kelvin Kiptum.

8:20 am EDT:

The Males’s Wheelchair Race will get underway at 8:20 am sharp, with the ladies’s wheelchair race beginning shortly afterward.

Schedule For The 2024 Chicago Marathon

All Instances Central

• 5:30 a.m. – Grant Park opens to runners
• 5:30 a.m. – Gear test opens
• 5:30 a.m. – Begin corrals open
• 7:20 a.m. – Wave 1 begin corrals shut
• 7:20 a.m. – Marathon Wheelchair Begin (males)
• 7:21 a.m. – Marathon Wheelchair Begin (ladies)
• 7:23 a.m. – Handcycle Begin
• 7:30 a.m. – Wave 1 Begin (corrals A, B, C, D and E)
• 7:45 a.m. – Wave 2 begin corrals shut
• 8 a.m. – Wave 2 Begin (corrals F, G, H and J)
• 8:10 a.m. – Wave 3 Begin corrals shut
• 8:35 a.m. – Wave 3 Begin (corrals Ok, L, M and N)
• 9:30 a.m. – Grant Park opens to spectators
• 9:30 a.m. – twenty seventh Mile Put up-Race Social gathering begins
• 4 p.m. – Gear test closes
• 4 p.m. – twenty seventh Mile Put up-Race Social gathering ends

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