You cannot slow down the pace on a marathon. There would be no winner. You can reschedule it which what should have been done. I've run plenty of Army marathons and I am surprised it wasn't cancelled at the start.
>Why didn't they slow down the pace? 88 degrees is too darned hot to be going for a PR in the marathon.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/07/chicago.marathon.ap/index.html
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