unseasonably warm weather....

ok,so i was saddened to read that the chicago marathon was called off after only 4 hours because so many runners were overtaken with heat exhaustion and when one runner actually died on the course....the autopsy did show that he had undiagnosed heart troubles...but at the time it must have looked to the organizers that things were getting out of hand.....i read a quote from a woman who was advised at mile 18 to stop running and walk instead.....an soon after that the race was officially over and to go home.....i felt so sad for her...not be allowed to finish...when i walked my marathon....mile 18 was way out in the boondocks......and having no cab fare or a cell phone i'd have had to walk into town anyway.......