bank of america chicago marathon The weather question for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon today is whether it will be too cold or just right for setting a world record. With a forecast for temperatures in the 30s at the start, the marathon certainly will be different from the heat-plagued races of the last two years. Different enough to have Larry Moon thinking globally. Moon, who has raced in all the Chicago Marathons, including the four in which world records were set, said he has a feeling. ''There are fast people coming in this year, and with the temperatures we have forecast, there is a good chance we will see a world record this year,'' he said. Executive race director Carey Pinkowski wouldn't go that far.
''I am not predicting anything,'' he said. ''We have some very talented young men and women who come here with the goal of running very fast.'' At the news conference Friday for the elite runners, U.S. women's record holder Deena Kastor said: ''It's a matter of layering. Hopefully, we don't have to wear the puffy coat I had to wear all week.'' ''I don't want to say anything [about a world record], but it depends on the weather,'' Vincent Kipruto of Kenya said.
''Cold is better than warm,'' Irina Mikitenko of Germany said. ''But too cold is not good, either.'' The most unique perspective on the cold came from two-time defending men's wheelchair champion Kurt Fearnley of Australia, who said the cold makes it harder to turn the wheels. ''You just end up whacking your arms against the side of the chair,'' he said.
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