10 Cool Things About the New York City Marathon

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1. It's the largest marathon in the world, with over 50,000 finishers in 2013.

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2. There's a financial incentive for qualifying for the Olympic Trials at the NYC Marathon (So run fast!)

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3. The NYC Marathon was established and has been run every year since 1970, the only exception being 2012, when the race was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy.

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4. Bill Murray is training in a tuxedo.

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5. If you run for charity, you are guaranteed entry.

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6. From 1978-1988, Grete Waitz (Norway) won the women's race 9 times.

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7. The course covers all five of Manhattan's boroughs.

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8. In 1979, a woman pretended to run the NYC Marathon to get an entry time for the Boston Marathon, then went on to run the last half-mile of Boston's course and tried to convince everyone that she had achieved a record time.

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9. If you run faster than 5:29:58, you've beaten Katie Holmes' NYC Marathon time.

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10. Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) set the course record in 2011 and won again in 2013. He will try to defend his title again this year.

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