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The list of races so labelled for the 2023 calendar year was released on 4 November 2022. [2] The list contained 238 races, nearly 20 more than in 2022, and included 14 Platinum Label, [ a ] 38 Gold Label, 66 Elite Label, and 120 Label races.
The TCS New York City Marathon is about to kick off and the Big Apple is already buzzing. Tens of thousands of runners from across the globe will take to the streets Sunday, Nov. 3, traveling 26.2 ...
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The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, [3] [4] with 53,627 finishers in 2019 [5] and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. [3]
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Map. The Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race is the world's longest certified footrace. [1] In 1996 Sri Chinmoy created this event as a 2,700-mile (4,345 km) race. At the award ceremony that year he declared that the 1997 edition would be extended to 3,100 miles (4,989 km).
Patrick Dupouy of French Polynesia became the oldest male competitor of World Championships history in 2007, at the age of 46 years and 85 days. [4] Under current regulations, the records for the youngest participants will remain indefinitely as any athlete in the junior category (under-20) that year, or younger, is ineligible to enter the marathon.
[272] [273] In 1976, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was designated as the starting point of the New York City Marathon. The 1976 marathon was the first year in the marathon's six-year history that its course went outside Manhattan. [274] Since then, the marathon has started at the bridge's Staten Island end every year. [275]