Out of an expected 40,000 runners in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Cal Calamia was one of 70 runners entered in the nonbinary category, a new division also added to several other major marathons.
Despite receiving hate messages online since speaking about the new category — “rot-in-hell type stuff” — Calamia “couldn’t be happier” after beating a personal goal of finishing in less than three hours, completing the 26.2-mile run with a minute and 10 seconds to spare.
