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2012 ING New York City Marathon - Complete Coverage

Coverage Homepage

Pre-Race:
Men: Men's Preview & Starter List | Men's Athlete Bios |
Women: Women's Preview & Starter List | Women's Athlete Bios |
Head-to-Heads: Elite Athlete Past Matchups
Extras: Pace Calculator/Pace Guide/Viewing | Videos (Athletes/Archival/More...)
More News: Press Releases | News
Featured Book/Movie: Run For Your Life | A Race Like No Other


photo: Scott Winnier / MarathonGuide.com
2010 Winner Gebremariam Returns
2012 ING New York City Marathon - Complete Coverage

There is a touch of drama along with the onset of the 2012 New York City Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, November 4th. The days leading to the 2012 marathon saw a major hurricane hit New York - and for days there was speculation and questioning of whether the marathon would take place as runners and the elite athletes had trouble getting to the city. But the marathon, of course, would take place in a city with devastation as a backdrop.

Here you'll find full writeups on all aspects of the elite races, starter lists, past competitor lists and much more.

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 [works best if you plug in your friend's race number!].

Visit these pages often and tell your friends about them....

 The Elite Race

Race Preview/Starter Lists
We've separated our coverage into sections - Mens and Women's Races - and here you will find previews of what to expect as well as starter lists for each of the races.

Elite Athletes Past Performances
These men and women have met before at the marathon in various places. This page shows those races where two or more of the registered athletes have competed against each other. It's sometimes about the prior times these athletes have achieved, but it's also about how well they do head-to-head in the same race, in the same atmosphere.
Elite Athletes Previous Head to Head Performances

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:


 
 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 2012 New York City Marathon: athlete interviews, recaps of past races, inspirational stories, course tours, historical footage and more... These videos are great.

 
 Extras
We didn't know how to categorize these features, so we'll call them "Extras."
  • Pace Calculator and Spectator Guide

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     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 2011
    New York City Marathon 2010
    New York City Marathon 2009
    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


     

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