Look | The New York City Marathon Route in Photos
Sunday, November 06, 2011 - 11:03 AM
Discarded water cups along Fifth Avenue
(Caitlyn Kim/WNYC)
Geoffrey Mutai shattered the course record in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, no surprise after he ran the fastest marathon ever earlier this year.
Firehiwot Dado wasn't a favorite coming into the women's race and victory seemed impossible with even a few miles left. But the Ethiopian made a stunning comeback for her first major marathon title
Mutai finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds, crushing the previous mark of 2:07:43 set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia a decade earlier.
The 30-year-old has established himself as the favorite at next summer's Olympics after two landmark performances this year - if he even earns a spot on the Kenyan team, the country so deep in the marathon.
In April, Mutai ran the fastest 26.2 miles in history: 2:03:02 in Boston. It didn't count as a world record because the course is considered too straight and too downhill.
A record 47,107 runners started the race through the five boroughs.
With the Associated Press
Watch a timelapse video of the New York City marathon:
Comments [3]
I had to run again because last year's time lapse cut out at mile 20. Here's my 2011 version from my 3rd NYC marathon - http://vimeo.com/gweyen/2011nycmarathontl
Hey guys, couldn't you have posted more engaging and descriptive photos? I'm far from home and long, arbitrary shots of the masses just don't bring the drama and the personalities to me.
This was my first time spectating the NYC marathon. I stood at the finish line for 3 hours and lost count of how often I cried. Human beings have enormous capacity for kindness. I natter more here: http://heresheisboys.com/2011/11/07/the-human-race/
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