{"id":88344,"date":"2022-09-29T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=88344"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:50:02","slug":"chicago-half-marathon-finishers-outraged-that-race-was-one-kilometre-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/chicago-half-marathon-finishers-outraged-that-race-was-one-kilometre-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago half-marathon finishers outraged that race was one kilometre short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of runners seemed to run personal bests at the 2022 HOKA Chicago Half Marathon last Sunday, but it turns out that they didn&#8217;t actually run the half-marathon distance, as the race was found to be one kilometre short. Many runners took to the event&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChicagoHalfMarathon\/?ref=page_internal\"> social media page<\/a>, commenting that their Strava uploads were well short of the 21.1 km distance, which is when organizers admitted the course was short.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88356\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-88356 size-large-16x9 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/308839829_5543828592359807_2030575182358833261_n-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/308839829_5543828592359807_2030575182358833261_n-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/308839829_5543828592359807_2030575182358833261_n-800x450.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-88356 size-large-16x9\" src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/308839829_5543828592359807_2030575182358833261_n-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/308839829_5543828592359807_2030575182358833261_n-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/308839829_5543828592359807_2030575182358833261_n-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: HOKA Chicago Half Marathon\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One runner wrote: &#8220;It was a great race, but I was about a half mile short?!? I feel the turnaround was too soon. I knew something was up when I passed the nine-mile marker, and I was only at 8.5\u2026my GPS had matched up perfectly with the markers until then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another runner commented: &#8220;Everybody I know who did this race on my Strava got 12.64 miles. [Were] things a tad short today?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other runners started replying to the messages, voicing their frustration with the lack of communication from the race.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers replied by saying the runners were correct. &#8220;Our primary goal always is to deliver a safe and positive experience for all participants. A last-minute course change was implemented due to unforeseen circumstances in partnership with the city of Chicago. The impact of this change was a reduction in the overall course distance. We apologize for any inconvenience as we chose to prioritize athlete safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88355\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-88355 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"427\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-1536x832.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-88355 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n-1536x832.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/309075777_10158629314822111_2235155426445825418_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A runner circles the differences between their GPS app and the half-marathon course map. Photo: <span class=\"gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd rtxb060y\"><span class=\"rse6dlih\">Khoa A. Dao\/Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many runners were outraged and demanded refunds. &#8220;You chose to keep athletes in the dark and hoped no one would notice,&#8221; one runner wrote. &#8220;We paid for a half-marathon, not 12.6 miles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/justyn-knight-2017-ncaa-cross-country-championships\/\"><strong>Matthew Baxter<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>of New Zealand, who trains with NAZ Elite in Flagstaff, Ariz., won the race in 1:01:54. &#8220;I came to Chicago to get in a marathon effort run and the win,&#8221; said Baxter on his Instagram. &#8220;Unfortunately, the course was short, so my finishing time was not accurate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The HOKA Chicago Half Marathon is unaffiliated with the upcoming Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 9, or with the Bank of America 13.1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Race organizers claimed they had to change the course at the last minute for safety reasons, and didn&#8217;t tell participants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5366,"featured_media":88358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325885],"tags":[338409,324656,338410,332351,333170,326250,338411],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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