The New York City marathon can feel like the Super Bowl, Grammys, and the Oscars all rolled into one, because it’s the biggest marathon in the world.
Of the 240,000 runners that applied for the race 60,000 ran yesterday in the 50th anniversary of the event.
Elite runners can just call their agent to enter the race, but for mere mortals snagging a bib for this coveted event might be harder than the course itself.
Andreas Almgren of Sweden won the men’s race in his debut in the event in 2:06:01, while Sheila Chepkiriu of Kenya won the women’s in 2:24:36 on Sunday for the second time.
There were runners from 140 countries competing Sunday and nearly half of the runners were women.
There was a late Halloween moment at East 59th street when a large rat appeared at the curb and dashed into the street as a runner’s tennis shoe sent it flying into the crowd of shrieking spectators.
Starting in Staten Island across Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Manhattan after running 26.2 miles you cross the finish line and hobble out of Central Park with a metal around your neck and you want to come back next year just to be part of the magic.
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