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NYC marathon map
New York marathon map. NYC marathon map (New York - USA) to print. NYC marathon map (New York - USA) to download. The NYC Marathon (branded ING NYC Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is a major annual marathon (42.195 km/26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City (see NYC marathon map). NYC marathon is one of the largest marathons in the world, with 45,103 finishers in 2010. Along with the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon, it is among the pre-eminent long-distance annual running events in the United States and is one of the World Marathon Majors.
The race is organized by New York Road Runners (NYRR) and has been run every year since 1970. In recent years, NYC marathon has been sponsored by the financial group ING. NYC marathon 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 (see NYC marathon map).
The first NYC marathon was held in 1970, organized by New York Road Runners Club presidents Fred Lebow and Vincent Chiappetta, with 127 competitors running several loops around the Park Drive of Central Park as its shown in NYC marathon map. Only about one-hundred spectators watched Gary Muhrcke win the race of NYC marathon in 2:31:38. In fact, a total of only 55 runners crossed the finish line.
Over the years, the NYC marathon grew larger and larger. In order to accommodate the growing number of participants, co-founder Fred Lebow redrew the course in 1976 to incorporate all five boroughs of NYC as its mentioned in NYC marathon map. The NYC marathon grew in popularity two years later when Norwegian Grete Waitz broke the women world record, finishing in 2:32:30. She went on to win the race an unprecedented nine times.