CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The streets of Chicago will be a sea of people Sunday morning as tens of thousands of runners participate in the annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
It was just two years ago when marathon officials were forced to cancel the 26.2 mile race due to extreme heat. The outcome is expected to be much different Sunday according to race director Carey Pinkowski thanks in part to what he calls ideal running weather.
"One of the things I'm excited about is that for the last two years we haven't seen the traditional cascade of people throwing clothes off and we capture all of those garments and they go to a local charity so that's a great piece of our event," Pinkowski said.
Nearly 36,000 runners, from all 50 state and 100 countries are participating in the event, which begins at 7:30 in Grant Park.
No parking zones will be enforced beginning at 1 a.m. Sunday.
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