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Johnson In the end, after 26 miles, 385 yards, Joseil-do Silva expressed not joy but bemusement. The Brazilian had just won Sunday's 14th Chicago Marathon. He came to Chicago, having heard of the traditionally fast course, looking for a fast time with strong competition. He found neither. Winds took care of the time.

Silva's winning time of 2 hours, 14 minutes, 33 seconds was the slowest to win here since Phil Cop-pess ran a 2:16:13 in 1981. The other variable, lack of strong competition, was more puzzling. "I wanted someone to push me from the start," Silva said through an interpreter. "Without competition, I couldn't run fast." Only Ireland's Roy Dooney challenged Silva, who led the race start to finish. But when Dooney pulled even at the 24-mile mark, Silva staved off the surge as bravely as he handled the 51 -degree weather, ideal for most marathoners.

The leaders at the 3-mile mark in the marathon Sunday include Joseildo Silva (left), who won the race in 2:14:33 IT PW JUOU Of )N Scotland's Ui McColgcn didn't run Sunday In the 14th Chicago Marathon, opting to make her debut at that distance In next weekend New York race. McColgan did, however, further her claim as the premier women's middle-distance runner by shattering a top flek) Chicago's 5-kilometer run, raced In conjunction with the marathon. Her time of 14:57 Is the world's best time for 5 kilometers In a road race-ever. It Is not considered a world record because The Athletics Congress has not certified Chicago's course as suitable for world records. McColgan, who won the World Championships In Tokyo In August at 10 kilometers, earned $25,000 In bonus money.

I knew I was going to run under 15 minutes, so the time Is no big surprise, said McColgan, whose confidence Is as high as her recent performances have been dominating. "I'm running very strong right now. The course was very dangerous, with a lot of turns. I didn't really start running until about 114 miles out. But If you're in shape, the course doesn't matter.

You Just run strong." Ireland's Frank O'Mara won the men's 5K in 13:39, one second better than Poland's Michael Bartoszak. 1 Also running In Sunday's 5K was Lasse Wren, the Finn who dominated the 5K and 10K events In the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, winning four gold medals. He's still revered In Finland, where he does public speaking, owns a small trucking company and is part of the Athletic Federation. 1 "If he runs three steps, everyone asks him, Are you training again? Are you going to win another gold said his longtime manager, Elno. Viren Isn't running as much making more appearances than actually training.

He ran a 16:17 Sunday, finishing 99ui overall. But that could change. Viren Is eager to start running marathons and Is looking for a sponsor to take him out of Finland and let him train minus distractions for one year. "America would be more private," said Viren through Eino's translation. "I feel I am ready to run marathons," said Viren, who ran a 2:13:31 In New York.

"As long as I survive, I only want to run." i Soviet marathoner Albina Gall Jamo-va, one of the women's pre-race favorites, collapsed near the 10'2-mile mark due to heavy leg cramps. She was taken to the medical tent by ambulance, where she was worked on by the race's medical director, Dr. Ted Winsfow. "It was basically due to exhaustion," he said. Gall Jamova's coach, Gregory Vinjar, said the pain was worse in her heart.

1 "She's very upset. She prepared for this marathon especially," said Vinjar. Gall Jamova had won the Helsinki Marathon In August in 2:36:00 and a 1 0K In Pittsburgh In 31:56 leading up to this event. The wheelchair race was won by France's Philippe Couprie In 1:41:21, six minutes better than James Briggs of Champaign. Ann Walter, also from Champaign, was the top women's finisher in The top area finisher in the marathon was John White of Burbank, who ran a 2:27:34 to finish 24th overall.

That was better than pre-race favorites Miroslaw Buga of Poland and Kenya's Richard Kaitany. The best female area finisher was Chicagoan Pamela Kexios. She finished in 3:03.32, good for 27th place. The Mercy Home for Boys and Girls benefitted from Sunday's race, earning pledge money from runners who participated in the pledge program. "We're hoping to raise $100,000," said Father Jim Close.

MY 3 ,41 1 pa "Too cold for me," said Silva, 26. The last marathon Silva won the South American Championships in Manaos, Brazil the temperature topped 100 degrees. "By the time I caught him, I was exhaust-' ed," said Dooney, who ran a 2:14:39, one second off his personal best. "Tactically, I should've surged, but I had nothing left." Neither did any of the other elite runners who, along with the 8,000 or so participants, watched Silva and fellow Brazilians Jose San-tana and Valmir de Carvalho lead early. Paced by rabbit Leszek Stoklosa of Poland, they burned away the first mile in 4:50 and 10 kilometers in 30:33.

After seven miles, de Carvalho, who would finish fifth in 2:16:22, started to drop off, as did the pace. At that point, training partners Silva and Santana, who finished second at the Pan American Games last summer, opened a lead that would build to nearly a minute at the midway mark. There, after a half-marathon in 1:05:35, the pace became as slow as the winds were strong. Silva ran his first mile going northbound on Lake Shore Drive in 5:30. "I knew the winds would be stiff from miles 12 to 20," said Dooney.

"I didn't think Silva and Santana would hang on. I thought they would come back on us." Dooney, 33, challenged after breaking away from a pack of runners at the 22-mile mark. The pack included top American finisher Dave Mora (fourth place, 2:15:44) and Santana, who had faded a bit. Dooney, Santana and Mora all closed within 10 seconds by the 23-mile mark before Dooney made his move to catch Silva. But it was the challenge Silva was waiting for.

"When Dooney came from behind," said Silva, "it made me push a lot harder. It's what I wanted." The women's race lacked real suspense as well. Sweden's Midde Hamrin-Senorski broke away from second-place finisher Kirsi Rauta of Finland at the 5-mile mark to win in 2:36:21, two minutes faster than Rauta. Like the men, Hamrin-Senorski's time was the slowest to win Chicago since 1981, when Tina Gandy ran 2:49:39. "I had three goals today," said Hamrin-Senorski, 34.

"To win, to set a personal best and to run under 2:30." She got one of them. Her time Sunday was nearly three minutes slower than her personal best. But, she said, "Anytime you win, you have to be happy." fTI, 14 Will 1 IMIiM Mfclimm Spectators along Wells Street (left) cheer the runners; Midde Hamrin-Senorski (right) of Sweden wins the women's race in 2:36:21. r- itl" I 1 'v K.C. Johnson Tribune photos by Charles Cherney Chuck Stanfield, 22, of Schaumburg, is the last runner In the race just beyond the 3-mlle mark of Sunday's Chicago Marathon.