Meanwhile, a Chicago man named Matt Brusich skipped the marathon, and raised money for charity by running 79 laps around his own block. (???) It was actually 79.38 blocks. He measured it out, so it was exactly 26.2 miles.
He called it the Homegrown Marathon and did it to raise money for his local homeless shelter. He finished in just under 5 hours and 52 minutes, and raised over $11,000.
