A local Marine will run the Chicago Marathon — then fly to Boston for another 26.2-mile race the next day: ‘I want to see how much I have left in the gas tank’

Mike Mendoza will line up on Columbus Drive with 35,000 other runners for the start of the Chicago Marathon. If all goes to plan, the former Marine will cross the finish line then head straight to O’Hare, hop on a flight to Boston and race 26.2 more miles the next morning.

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