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A Race Like No Other
2018 TCS New York City Marathon - Complete Coverage
photo: John Elliott/MarathonGuide.com
The Top Two Finishers Describing Their Race
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The pre-race coverage is still interesting reading - check it out.
Our live coverage expresses the excitement of the event as we were watching it and shows some insights.
Complete pre-race and real-time coverage now; updates through race week and the following day.
The New York City Marathon is one of the richest races in the world and has a commitment to putting on a newsworthy and exciting race. Featured in the race for 2018 are two of the top three male finishers from the 2017 race; and on the women's side the top three women and seven of the top 10 from the 2018 race. Also in the race are 4 Olympic medalists, and eleven previous champions of the New York City Marathon. Beyond those favored to compete for the win, the New York City Marathon also does a great job of showcasing and supporting American running talent and a number of American distance runners will serve to round out the fields.
The most interesting American stories will consist of Shalane Flanagan and Bernard Lagat. Shalane Flanagan had talked about retiring from the marathon before the 2017 race. In a surprise to most (including herself), Flanagan was able to win the 2017 New York City Marathon and then decided to put her retirement was put on hold. With that resurrection of her career and fierce pride, will Flanagan be running her swan song or will she notch another win? And what can we say about Bernard Lagat? Just a month before his 44th birthday, Lagat is running his debut marathon. At a minimum, Lagat will be going for the American Masters record set by Meb Keflezighi in New York. At a maximum, anything is possible for this five-time Olympian on the track who ran his best Half Marathon - a 62:00 - earlier in 2018.
Here - for the elite race - you'll find full writeups on all aspects of the elite races, starter lists, past competitor lists and much more. You'll also find schedules, course information and history that are of interest to those who just want to learn more about the event.
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....
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The Elite Race
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Post-Race/Race Recaps
The Men's Race
The Women's Race
Read our - As It Happens, Live Coverage.
Race Preview/Starter Lists
We've separated our coverage into sections - Men's 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
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Movies and Books
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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
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What Others Are Writing...
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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
TCS New York City Marathon Press Releases
From the General Press
General Press about the TCS New York City Marathon
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