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The Chicago Marathon

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Good book for those who live in Chicago and want to learn the history of the marathon. As a first timer running Chicago, I thought it would give me course insight, running strategies and what to expect running the marathon. it wasn't this type of book. I returned it.

A facinating look, often behind the scenes, of this world famous race. A must read for anyone that has run Chicago or is contemplating it.

After having finished 2 times Chicago half marathon this and last year, I also ran this year's Chicago Marathon. With my impressive feeling during and after running, I became very interested in the history, status and some background story of Chicago marathon. I borrowed this book from the Chicago Public Library and read it. It is a very nice book covering all aspect of the marathon itself, including the history, the race director, sponsorship, government support, charities and media, and more interesting the runners. I found a lot of information behind the scene. Mr. Suozzo did a lot of interviews and provided many first-hand evidence of why and how the Chicago Marathon are continually becoming popular as one of the major marathon in the world.

This book is particularly informative for people, like myself, who have run Chicago marathon. However, it is not a training book with no technical guidances of how to train and run Chicago Marathon.