• The 34th annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon takes place on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011
  • The 26.2-mile race starts and ends in Grant Park, winding through 29 Chicago neighborhoods
  • Tens of thousands of cheering fans line the course
  • More than 45,000 athletes compete in the 2011 Chicago Marathon
  • This year 43.8 percent of the runners are female and 56.2 percent are male
  • Lilya Shobukhova of Russia is the first woman to finish the race at 2:18:20. She is the first to win for three consecutive years
  • Amber Miller makes the headline after running the course and giving birth to a baby girl
  • A total of 35,628 people make it cross the finish line in 2011
  • The Chicago Marathon mens winner, Moses Mosep of Kenya, sets a new record at 2:05:37
  • Will Caviness, 35, a firefighter from North Carolina, died just 500 yards from the finish line
  • More than 100 groups with thousands of volunteers makes the 2011 Chicago Marathon a record-setting event
  • Reporters: Mollie Wanek, Meredith Gonsalves, Bartosz Brzezinski, Lisa Klein

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