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The New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world. The New York City Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race that has been held in New York City since 1970. It is the largest marathon in the world; since 2010, every race except one has had over 45,000 finishers, [1] peaking at over 53,000 in ...
The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, [3] [4] with 53,627 finishers in 2019 [5] and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. [3]
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
He also won the 2011 New York City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 6 seconds (4:46 per mile pace), breaking the course record set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia in 2001, [3] [4] and repeated his performance at the 2013 New York City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 8 minutes and 24 seconds.
In the women’s wheelchair race, his compatriot Catherine Debrunner won her first New York City marathon with a course record of 1:39.32, more than eight minutes ahead of three-time champion ...
Peres Jepchirchir will defend her title at the New York City Marathon, telling The Associated Press she hopes to break the course record. Associated Press, News Partner. Posted Mon, Jun 13, 2022 ...
Marathon. 2023 Chicago. Marathon. Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who currently holds the marathon world record. As of 2024, he ran three of the seven fastest marathons in history [5] and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners. [6]
Martin has been preparing for New York’s course with tempo runs, practicing at or near race pace, on a hilly seven-mile loop with elevation gains. “It’s just good training in general but ...