New York City Marathon - 2022
City Marathon in honor of its title sponsor, is an annual marathon that travels through all five boroughs of New York City. It is the biggest marathon in the world, with 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race and 53,627 finishers in 2019. It is one of the World Marathon Majors and one of the premier yearly long-distance running events in the United States, along with the Boston and Chicago Marathons.
The race is organized by New York Road Runners and has been run every year since 1970, with the exception of 2012, when it was cancelled due to the landfall of Hurricane Sandy, and 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race is held on the first Sunday of November and attracts professional competitors and amateurs from all over the world. Because of the popularity of the race, participation is chosen largely by a lottery system. Guaranteed entry to the marathon can be gained by satisfying the requirements of the 9+1 program or the 9+$1K program (where NYRR members run in nine sponsored races and either volunteer at another event or donate $1,000 to support NYRR programs for young athletes), having completed 15 or more previous NYC Marathons, or meeting time qualification standards. In addition, runners can gain an entry by joining a team to raise funds for one of a number of charities.
History
the presidents of the New York Road Runners, Fred Lebow and Vincent Chiappetta, and featured 127 participants who ran multiple laps around Central Park's Park Drive. Only approximately 100 people were out to watch Gary Muhrcke triumph in 2:31:38. Only 55 runners in total actually crossed the finish line.
The marathon got bigger and bigger with time. George Spitz, the city auditor, suggested that the 1976 U.S. bicentennial race go through all five boroughs. Percy Sutton, the president of the Manhattan Borough, helped the men persuade Mayor Abraham Beame and, finally, race director Fred Lebow. The race was an enormous success, and what was meant to be a one-time celebration instead established the yearly route.
Dick Traum finished the 1976 New York City Marathon to become the first person to complete a marathon while using a prosthetic limb. Two years later, Norwegian Grete Waitz broke the women's world record by finishing the marathon in 2:32:30, which led to an increase in popularity. She eventually won the race a record-breaking nine times. Since the introduction of the official wheelchair and handcycle division in 2000, the elite women have been allowed a 35-minute head start over the elite men and the remainder of the field.
The race was conducted in late October starting in 1976 and remained in late October until 1986 when the event day was changed to November. The first race day of the marathon occurred on November 1, and the last day of the marathon's season was November 14, 1993. The marathon's hottest year was 1979, when the temperature on race day, October 21, soared to 80 °F (27 °C). The coldest race occurred in 1995, when the race day temperature of 43 °F (6 °C) with a severe wind chill was recorded.
The New York City Marathon is currently the biggest marathon worldwide. Every year, the course is lined with around two million spectators. Prior to 2013, the marathon was live-streamed across the nation on Universal Sports and in the New York area on WNBC. But in 2013, WABC-TV and ESPN made the decision to start airing the New York City Marathon. The marathon will be broadcast in Spanish for the first time on ESPN Deportes beginning in 2022. Online viewing of the Marathon is also available.
WHEN
The race will kick off with the wheelchair division at 8:30 a.m., followed by the women at 9:10 a.m., then men at 9:40 a.m.
WHERE
The 26.2 mile course spans all five boroughs, starting at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island and finishing at Central Park in Manhattan.
Course
Initial course
York City Marathon's route. The inaugural 1970 route was a series of laps around Central Park. Ted Corbitt, who measured the original course, says the following:
The Calibrated Bicycle Method of Measuring was used to take the final measurements of the original New York City Marathon route, which was located in Central Park in Manhattan, on September 8, 1970, after work and training day. The course included a start-up, out-and-back loop of 0.79 miles starting at W. 67th St. and Central Park West, close to the Tavern-on-the-Green Restaurant, going up to the 72nd St. and the West Drive intersection, and then returning to the Tavern-on-the Green. There were also four loops of 5.935 miles totaling 26.225 miles (11 yards over distance), all of which ended at the Tavern-on-the-Green Restaurant.
Five borough course
The course starts in 1976 and spans all five boroughs of New York City. It starts in Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, close to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge approach. The bridge, which usually only has vehicular traffic, is shut down for the occasion. Both sides of the bridge's upper level as well as its westbound side are used by runners. The bridge is crowded with runners in the first few minutes of the race, resulting in a dramatic spectacle that is closely connected with the occasion.
After leaving the bridge, the race travels through Brooklyn for almost 11 miles, largely along Fourth Avenue and Bedford Avenue (18 km). Residents of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint are among the communities that runners pass through.
Runners cross the Pulaski Bridge at 13.109 miles (21.097 km), signaling the halfway point of the marathon and the start of Long Island City in Queens. After traveling around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) through Queens, athletes enter Manhattan by crossing the East River on the lower level of the Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge. Since the climb up the bridge is one of the toughest parts of the marathon, many runners start to fatigue at this point in the race.
The race travels north on First Avenue until it reaches Manhattan after roughly 16 miles (26 km), at which point it crosses the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx. As the race follows East 138th St. before crossing the Madison Avenue Bridge, it only spends one mile in The Bronx before heading back to Manhattan. After passing through Harlem and along Fifth Avenue, it enters Central Park at East 90th Street. Thousands of fans cheer on runners during the last mile as the race moves west along 59th St./Central Park South at the southern end of the park. The race exits the park again at Columbus Circle and concludes next to Tavern on the Green. The route has an 812 hour time restriction starting at 10:10 a.m.
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