CHICAGO (AP) — Kenyan Wesley Korir figures to have one eye on the finish line and the other on a cause when he runs the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
As sweet as winning a major marathon would be, he will be running for something even bigger.
Korir is helping to build a hospital in his poverty-stricken village, where his younger brother died from a snake bite. He is using part of his earnings to build the facility, and with $100,000 going to the winners of Sunday’s race there is quite a bit for the taking.
There is also a loaded field that includes countryman Moses Mosop, one of the favorites. On the women’s side, Russia’s Liliya Shobukhova will try to become the first three-peat champion — male or female — in Chicago.
