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ING New York City Marathon

Date: November 6, 2011

United States of America

From nycmarathon.org:

The premier event of New York Road Runners, the ING New York City Marathon is one of the world's great road races, drawing more than 100,000 applicants annually.

 

The race attracts many world-class professional athletes, not only for the more than $600,000 in prize money, but also for the chance to excel in the media capital of the world before two million cheering spectators and 315 million worldwide television viewers. As any one of the more than 700,000 past participants will attest, crossing the finish line in Central Park is one of the great thrills of a lifetime.

 

Lauren FleshmanOur very own Lauren Fleshman will be debuting in the marathon at the 2011 NYC Marathon. Follow her on twitter @laurenfleshman as she prepares and be sure to cheer her on by watching the race! 

 

Good luck, Lauren!

 

You can watch the race on TV or live on the web. For more information, click HERE.

 

There are also ways to track the race on your phone or track specific runners. For more information, click HERE.

Posts about ING New York City Marathon:

Video: Olympic medalist Shalane Flanagan helped Ryan Sutter prepare for ING NYC Marathon
posted on December 8, 2011 at 4:43pm

Olympic bronze medalist (10,000m) Shalane Flanagan gave firefighter Ryan Sutter (of Bachelorette fame) insights into how small tweaks to his preparation could impact his performance on race day, leading up to the 2011 ING NYC Marathon. Shalane revealed ho...more

Lauren Fleshman on the New York Marathon (part 2 of 3)
posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:43am

This is part 2/3. If you missed part 1, you can read it here! In the warmup tent, after the women pin the numbers on each other and get our shoe chips clipped on, I find my way over to the chiropractor table to have Dr. Duke loosen me up before my warmup...more

Lauren Fleshman on the New York Marathon (Part 1)
posted on November 8, 2011 at 5:16pm

After a typical restless night of pre-race sleep, I finally get up 3 minutes before my 5:00 am alarm and my first thought is crystal clear: “this is the morning of the New York Marathon.” No foggy mind; no stumbling to the bathroom. Instead I pop out...more

Five Things We Learned from the New York Marathon
posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:51am

Lessons learned from the New York City Marathon and the media surrounding it… Geoffrey Mutai is the best distance racer on the planet. If I had told you in January that a runner would sweep the Boston and New York marathons and average 2:04:04 while d...more

Dramatic finish to 2011 NYC Marathon Women’s Race
posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:43pm

Ethiopian Firehiwot Dado won the 42nd ING New York Marathon women’s title in two hours, 23 minutes and 15 seconds to edge compatriot Buzunesh Deba by four seconds. Dado, a 27-year-old making her New York Marathon debut, wasn’t a favorite coming into...more

Kara Lawson raises $17,000 for Alzheimer's research and to honor Pat Summitt
posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:54am

Three miles and some yards, $17,000:"She's doing great," Lawson told The Associated Press. "She's excited about the season and this team. Getting back into the routine of the season is really good for her. She's an inspiration. She continues to do her job...more

12 hours until race time. Here we go NYC Marathon!
posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:52am

I’m so pumped. Like WAY pumped. In fact, I need to get less pumped because its 9pm and the race is in 12 hours. After all the training and the knee-freak-out and the desperate medical treatment; after the packing and traveling and time zone differences...more

Preview of the ING NYC Marathon
posted on November 5, 2011 at 3:28pm

November is a special time for running fans as at 9:10 a.m. on Sunday, November 6th, professional runners from all over the world converge to run the streets of New York at the New York City Marathon. The competition this year loo...more

Famous faces lace up for 2011 NYC Marathon
posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:49pm

This Sunday, Nov. 6th, over 100,000 runners will race 26.2 miles across five towering bridges through New York’s five unique boroughs in the 42nd ING New York City Marathon. The mega-marathon that began with 55 finishers in Central Park in 1970 and mov...more

Lauren Fleshman playing the Waiting Game, dealing with an injury scare before NYC Marathon
posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:17am

Its been over a week since my last post, which completely goes against my “one post every day until the marathon” thing. This is what happens when a runner gets an injury scare. Its called burying your head in the sand. Heard of it? I bet you have. I...more

Lauren Fleshman's Marathon Light Bulb #5: On the Edge of Disaster
posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:34am

Reality Check Yesterday was Friday, and it was the last hard workout of the last hard week before staring to taper. Am I pumped? You betcha! So what happens? My leg falls off of course. Halfway through the workout, my left knee decides it doesn’t wa...more

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