35 year old guy from midland, michigan. only guy i can find who fits that description is Chad Schieber, last clocked at the 30K mark. don't know if anyone reading this would know him (if it is him), but condolences nonetheless.
trib says it's him. he's a cop, a husband and father of three.
http://www.midlandonline.com/wwwroot/moladmin/articles/articledisplay.cfm?art_id=2173
That is truly sad. I ran the Indy Mini back in 2000 when it was horribly hot and I think two people died that year. I went through 5 miles at about 30:00 and then decided to DNF. Walked most of the rest of the course and saw people being packed in ice, ambulances everywhere. Hope everyone else got out ok.
Very sad news...I will pray for his family.
he was also officer of the year in 2006.
http://www.ourmidland.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=18586637&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=578054&rfi=8
I think you really have to be here in Chicago to appreciate how bad the weather here has been (relatively speaking, for October). I live 15 miles west of downtown and right now, at 5PM local time, it's 90 degrees with 80 percent humidity. I've got both ACs cranking on high. This kind of weather just does not ever happen in Chicago in October (until now). I don't think people (or the race committee) were truly prepared for the magnitude of the distress the weather would cause. I hope this is a wake up call for other race planners. When you've got 35-yr-olds dying, and only 1/9th of entrants finishing, there's a problem.
It's called global warming. What will it take for people to realize it's not some liberal theory?
This is Chicago. It could be 45 tomorrow.
SVC wrote:
When you've got 35-yr-olds dying, and only 1/9th of entrants finishing, there's a problem.
Yeah, think the lord they did the smart thing and called it off or the death toll could have been much higher.
SVC wrote:I don't think people (or the race committee) were truly prepared for the magnitude of the distress the weather would cause. I hope this is a wake up call for other race planners. When you've got 35-yr-olds dying, and only 1/9th of entrants finishing, there's a problem.
this aint the responbsibility of the race.
this is the responsibility of the RUNNERS. if you havent prepared FOR ANY RACE CONDITIONS, do not blame the race directors. they do not control the weather. if this man who died did not train for heat, then he should not have participated. simple as that.
no proper training, no racing.
Fine, it's still 90-degrees today. Tomorrow? That doesn't help anyone in an ambulance now.
what do you expect the race to have done? provide more water? you think that would have prevented this man's death and the 250 hospitalizations???
something is wrong with these morons to have participated in the first place. run at your own risk.
Yes wrote:
Fine, it's still 90-degrees today. Tomorrow? That doesn't help anyone in an ambulance now.
sure it'll help. it'll be their wake up call that they shouldnt do stupid things like run in conditions for which they have not properly trained.
hope their decision to run today was worth it.
SVC wrote: When you've got 35-yr-olds dying, and only 1/9th of entrants finishing, there's a problem.
You mean 9/10ths of entrants, right? Or maybe 2/3rds or 3/5ths? According to the ChiTrib, nearly 25,000 runners completed.
The city didn't close down the halfway mark for 3 1/2 hrs. That seems wise and reasonable. Anyone struggling to reach mile 13 at that point needed to be sent home with a cool drink.
What was the deal with closing the course down. I am hearing conflicting reports. Did everyone have to stop after 3 1/2 hours even if they were at mile 25? Or was it just the people who hadn't reached 1/2 way yet?
if 25,000 runners completed it, i think it's fairly obvious that they weren't stopping everyone at 3.5 hours.
So you're saying more deaths are needed? Aren't you the bleeding heart.
Yes wrote:
So you're saying more deaths are needed? Aren't you the bleeding heart.
im not saying that. the runners, who know they are not trained, are saying that through their actions. it's called a death wish.
take a little responsibility for your own actions.
I think many people underestimate the effects of a marathon. We're not brought up on sports like that in the USA. We think football is tough because you get hit and that hitting a major league fastball is the "toughest thing to do in sports". They are difficult, but it's a whole different kind of tough.
Then you have people doing the minimum training needed to finish a marathon. Add that to 85+ degrees...
it's funny to read this message board..everyone is a tough guy...i train this hard, i do this, blah, blah, blah...now all you pussies want to call off a marathon because a bunch of joe joggers (YOU apparently) can't take it...man up, you pussies!!!!