"Groups are staggered for their starts to avoid overcrowding. The field includes professional men's and women's runners along with wheelchair and handcycle athletes, and amateur runners seeking personal glory or dedicated to a personal cause. After crossing the Verrazzano Bridge, the marathoners will then wind their way north through Brooklyn for 11 miles before reaching the halfway point of the race on the Pulaski Bridge over the Newtown Creek along the Brooklyn/Queens border."
"The runners then head through Long Island City, Queens and across the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan. They'll race north on 1st Avenue into the South Bronx before turning back into Manhattan and heading down 5th Avenue. Their 26.2-mile journey ends in Central Park just steps away from the iconic Tavern on the Green restaurant. Along the way, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers will line the marathon route cheering, waving signs, handing out water and encouraging everyone to keep going through the end."
"Some 55,642 runners from 137 countries completed the 2024 version of this competition, and the New York Road Runners says it expects a similarly vast, diverse field this year. Last year's average time of completion was four hours, 31 minutes a 20 minute increase in speed from the average time of the 2023 race. The Kenyan, Sheila Chepkirui led the women last year. At 33 years old, Chepkirui was moving at blazing speed, finishing the race in two hours, 24 minute"
The marathon begins with staggered starts between 7 and 10 a.m. from the Staten Island base of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to prevent overcrowding. The course crosses the Verrazzano Bridge and runs north through Brooklyn for about 11 miles to the halfway point on the Pulaski Bridge over Newtown Creek at the Brooklyn/Queens border. Runners continue through Long Island City and Queens, cross the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan, race north on 1st Avenue into the South Bronx, then return to Manhattan and head down 5th Avenue. The 26.2-mile race finishes in Central Park near Tavern on the Green. The field includes elite, wheelchair and amateur participants, and large crowds line the route in support.
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