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Lung Group's Stair Climb Has a Leg Up on Other Charity Races

By Brennen Jensen

Chicago In the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago's largest annual fund-raising event, people are asked to propel themselves a sum total of 1,030 feet.

Kind of a wimpy walkathon — not even a fifth of a mile. That is, until you consider that the distance is measured straight up, translating...

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