Patience Pays Off for Grigoryeva  After biding her time in the
first half, the 34-year-old Russian leads a charge to finish in
2:27:17.  October 12, 2008  Thirty-four-year-old Lidiya
Grigoryeva of Russia ran a patient race.  From the start here at
the Bank of America Chicago Marathon just before 7:55 a.m., a
lead pack of 14 women rolled out relatively slowly and
conservatively onto the notoriously fast and flat course,
clocking the first five miles in between 5:44 and 5:59 per mile.
Last year's record-breaking, and for many, race-breaking heat
paired with this morning's 73 degree temperature might have
influenced the slow pace. But more than the weather, the number
of race contenders in the lead pack—including Beijing gold
medalist Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania and two-time
defending Chicago Marathon champion Berhane Adere of
Ethiopia—had the women keeping an eye on each other, with no one
appearing to want to make a move too early.  While it would seem
near impossible to run a second fast marathon just