Table of contents Media .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Media information .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Race week schedule of events ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Quick facts .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 By the numbers ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Top storylines ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon prize purse ................................................................................................................. 13 Time bonuses ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Participant demographics .................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Participants by country/territory .................................................................................................................................................... 16 Participants by state ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Pace chart - Miles ................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Pace chart - Kilometers ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Elite athletes ................................................................................................................................................ 27 Elite athlete roster.................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Men’s biographies ................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Women’s biographies ............................................................................................................................................................................ 70 Men’s wheelchair biographies ......................................................................................................................................................... 94 Women’s wheelchair biographies .................................................................................................................................................. 103 Bank of America Chicago Marathon ...................................................................................................... 109 Course map ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 110 Grant Park map ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 111 Street-by-street time & location................................................................................................................................................... 112 Viewing areas by CTA trains ............................................................................................................................................................. 114 Points of interest .................................................................................................................................................................................... 115 Course aid & safety ............................................................................................................................................................................... 116 Course activations .................................................................................................................................................................................. 117 Abbott Health & Fitness Expo ......................................................................................................................................................... 119 Charity Program ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 120 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 123 Chicago champions ................................................................................................................................................................................ 124 Champions by country (male & female) .................................................................................................................................... 126 Masters champions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 128 Wheelchair champions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 130 Wheelchair champions by country (male & female) .......................................................................................................... 132 Champions with multiple victories ............................................................................................................................................... 133 Runner-up finish followed by victory ........................................................................................................................................... 134 Top 10 finishers ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 135 Top 5 wheelchair finishers ................................................................................................................................................................. 155 Historic event statistics ...................................................................................................................................................................... 164 Historic weather conditions .............................................................................................................................................................. 165 Year-by-year event summary ........................................................................................................................................................... 167 Course records ............................................................................................................................................. 181 Course records .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 182 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1 Sunday, October 12, 2014 Media Course record split times ................................................................................................................................................................... 183 Course record progressions .............................................................................................................................................................. 184 Margins of victory ................................................................................................................................................................................... 186 Fastest finishers by place ................................................................................................................................................................... 188 Closest finishes ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 189 Media Fastest cumulative races .................................................................................................................................................................