(Above) 35,000 participants in the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon run past Marina City on Sunday morning, October 12. (Click on image to view larger version.)

Evans Cheruiyot won the race in two hours, six minutes, 25 seconds. Starting at Grant Park at 8 a.m., runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries ran 26.2 miles through 29 neighborhoods of Chicago – past dozens of historic locations, including Marina City.