2009 ING New York City Marathon - Complete Coverage

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Pre-Race:
Men's Marathon: Men's Race Preview and Starter List | International Men's Bios
Women's Marathon: Women's Race Preview and Starter List | Women's Bios
USA Men's Marathon Championship: Championships Race Preview | USA Men's Bios
Extras: Pace Calculator/Pace Guide | Videos (Athletes/Archival & Past Races/Course Information/More...)
More News: Press Releases | News
Featured Book/Movie: Run For Your Life | A Race Like No Other

2009 ING New York City Marathon - Complete Coverage

Note These Pages Will be Continually Updated through Monday
NOW: Real-time/As It Happens Coverage

It's the biggest marathon in the world and it requires big coverage to understand what's happening. And that's what we have here. Everything you could ever want to read or watch about the New York City Marathon - this is it and there will be more added daily through Race Day and Monday.

If you're interested in Elite Races and USA Men's Championships, then most of the links here will be of interest to you.

If you're running or watching a friend/family member who is running, you'll definitely want to view and print out the pace guide which will help you know when you or your friend will arrive at the different points on the course - mandatory information.

The Elite Race Post-Race/Race Recaps The Women's Race - not what we expected! USA Championships Race - the Americans are back We're still writing up the men's race - and at the press conference to get more updates! In the meantime, read our - As It Happens, Live Coverage. Live RaceDay Coverage Click for Live Coverage Race Preview/Starter Lists For 2009, there will be three races to watch and pay attention to: the Men's Race, the Women's Race - and the race within the race: the USA Men's Championships. We've separated our coverage into these three sections - and here you will find previews of what to expect as well as starter lists for each of the races. Men's Marathon Preview & Starter List Women's Marathon Preview & Starter List USA Men's Championships Preview & Starter List Athlete Bios It's always more fun to watch a race if you know who the players are. Through the following links, you'll find bios of ALL of the top runners, highlighting their past performances and current capabilities: International Men's Bios USA Men's Bios Women's Bios    Movies and Books In conjunction with the 2008 marathon, there was the publication of an extraordinary book and extraordinary video showing the New York City Marathon. Both were and remain excellent, so we'll reprise our writeups from the 2008 race here: Run For Your Life (DVD) Run For Your Life is the story of New York City Marathon founder Fred Lebow, the story of the New York City Marathon and the story of the running boom. It's compelling, interesting and humorous - and the editing is superb. MarathonGuide.com Review of Run For Your Life A Race Like No Other Now available in Paperback If you don't run the New York City Marathon and instead read Liz Robbins' book, you'll know more about the race, the people and the city than you could see in ten outings on the course (except for the feeling of hitting the wall, that can't be replicated in a book - ouch). Flawlessly written and crafted and very readable. Well done Liz. MarathonGuide.com Review of A Race Like No Other

Video Features If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much is a video worth? In this section, we've ferreted video footage that will help you prepare for the watching, appreciating and even running the 2009 New York City Marathon: athlete interviews, recaps of past races, inspirational stories, course tours, historical footage and more... These videos are great. Video Introduction Male Athletes Female Athletes Archival/Past NYC Marathons The Course    Extras We didn't know how to categorize these features, so we'll call them "Extras." Pace Calculator and Spectator Guide    What Others Are Writing... We wish we had a bigger staff. We wish we could write all of the articles we'd like to write (and there are a lot of them). Fortunately, others are writing about the New York City Marathon - present and past. Here are links to Press Releases and News Articles - not written by us, but at least we've found these for you... From the New York Road Runners ING New York City Marathon Press Releases From the General Press General Press about ING New York City Marathon    Past Years... MarathonGuide.com launched in March 2000 and each year since 2001 we've been at the New York City Marathon covering the event. With so many athletes returning each year, past races often provide insights into the current year's events and personalities. At what mile do the runners typically make their moves? Which runners have been successful with an early breakaway and which have failed? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in the past years' races. New York City Marathon 2008 New York City Marathon 2007 New York City Marathon 2006 New York City Marathon 2005 New York City Marathon 2004 New York City Marathon 2003 New York City Marathon 2002 New York City Marathon 2001