AK’s Adventures

90 degree temperatures, plus 80% humidity, left a Michigan police officer dead, and more than 300 people were  admitted to hospitals.  There were 10,000 (out of 45000 registered entrants) DNS’s, and 10,934 DNFs.
Here’s a message from their website:
Attention Participants and Spectators:
Due to the rising heat index and higher than expected temperatures, LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon [...]

Mexican politician runs into time warp

A presidential candidate whose past is marked by charges of dishonesty turns in a fast but questionable time in a marathon.
Former Mexican presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo disappeared midway through the Berlin Marathon on Sunday before reappearing nine miles later, winning first in his age group and shaving an hour off [...]

Dana Hills XC runner and soccer player, 14 year old Megan Nicole Myers, collapsed at the 2 mile mark of a 3 mile race against Capistrano Valley High School — an hour later, she was pronounced dead at Mission Hospital.  An autopsy was performed, but proved inconclusive, so the death remains a mystery.
Over 800 mourners [...]