Eric, congrats on persevering through that race - not only with the hot conditions but also with your knee. That's what happened to me last December at Rocket City (the knee, not the heat) so I know what you're going through - it sucks! I never would have made it through a marathon in that heat.
Sounds like Chicago just wasn't prepared for those kind of temps. I imagine that's very rare for October. A similar thing happened at the Georgia Marathon in Atlanta last March - unexpected early Spring heat. And the same lack of preparation as far as fluids. It's a disaster when runners can't replenish fluids. Too bad the race directors won't just admit they miscalculated and didn't expect the temps to be that bad instead of making excuses (Georgia Marathon director did the same thing).
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