A few things worth noting.
Here are the results from the fan polls that appear in men\'s preview.
73% of people think KB will win the men\'s title.
21% though Eliud Kipchoge would win.
6% other.
100% of people think the winning time will be under 2:05:00 with 56% of people thinking we\'ll see a course record of 2:03:45 (including 8% who are predicting a world record).
It\'s worth noting that despite what you may have been reading in the mainstream media about the weather bieng \'perfect\' - it likely won\'t be perfect for super fast times.
The temps will be ideal. 48 at the start. 51 or 52 at the finish (plus sunny). But weather.com is saying the wind will be out of the SE at 9 to 11 mph.
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/USIL0225?pagenum=2&nextbeginIndex=6
That is a little too windy to be described as \'perfect\'. The good news is that wind be behind them when the come home as shown by this course map:
http://assets.chicagomarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-Course-Map.pdf
In terms of the women's race - 86% of you have picked Rita Jeptoo as the winner, 11% F. Kiplagat, 3% other.
63% of you have picked Amy Hastings for top Amereican.
20% Clara Santucci .
6% Lisa Uhl
11% Other.