7,000 runners gather for Naperville Marathon
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- About 7,000 runners from 40 U.S. states and 10 other countries are part of the 2014 Edward Hospital Naperville Marathon & Half-Marathon. The all-streets course winds through downtown Naperville and 26 of Naperville's neighborhoods. Registration for this year's second annual race is more than twice the number of runners from last year. Among the runners this year is ABC 7 reporter John Garcia.
Many of the runners are raising money for good causes, too.
Race director Craig Bixler and Mayor A. George Pradel of Naperville (www.naperville.il.us) joined us live from the race course during our ABC 7 Eyewitness News Sunday Morning to tell us about the race.
The 2014 Edward Hospital Naperville Marathon and Half-Marathon
Sunday, Nov. 9,
7 a.m.: Start
Start line: Hillside Road, between West Street and Washington Street
Race course: Throughout the city of Naperville
Celebration Village to the south of finish line in Knoch Park
Links:
www.facebook.com/NapervilleMarathon
