2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Diary: a few final words from Dr. George Champis, Medical Director and Carey Pinkowski, Executive Director

We caught up with Dr. George Champis and Carey Pinkowski on Saturday afternoon. George Champis is the Medical Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. We asked both to provide some final points on the race, what to keep in mind, and we encourage you to watch the short video.

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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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