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2016 Chicago Half Marathon

Huge shout out to the race director(s) and course officials!

I was pacing the pack of the pack helping the last runners finish. We started to get worried when one of the aid stations was shut down when we got there. But it wasn't long at all until a gentleman on an ATV came up on us with water and encouragement. We were asked to leave the road and use the bike path (as per expectations) per our pace and expected finish time. Course markings were non-existent on the way out, but we knew roughly where we were going and when we got there, there was the ATV with water again! At this turn around we picked up a bike sweeper with a radio. Our friend in the ATV was driving back and forth making sure all the final runners were doing OK and well supplied. Our bike pacer was with us the whole way. He (I think his name was Dave) was polite enough to drop back out of earshot when it was time to have a conversation on the radio about the last runner.

Overall, *THIS* is the proper way to treat the back of the pack runners. Everyone was allowed an official finish. (We all finished before the finish line closed.) Everyone was taken care of. No one was left behind. I was a little put out about the water stop closing early, but the rest of the experience made up for it.

Gave 6.50 hours on 09/25/2016