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NYC Marathon Set for Sunday With Kipchoge, Hassan Debuts and Full TV Coverage

Organizers expect more than 50,000 runners, with NYRR citing a $700 million citywide economic impact.

Overview

  • The 26.2-mile race traverses all five boroughs on Nov. 2, with the wheelchair start at 8:00 a.m. ET, elite women at 8:35 a.m., and elite men at 9:05 a.m.
  • WABC carries local coverage from 7 a.m., ESPN2 broadcasts the elite action 8–11:30 a.m. nationally, and ABC airs a 3–5 p.m. show, with streaming on ESPN+ and Fubo.
  • Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan headline course debuts in a deep professional field that also includes multiple past New York champions.
  • The prize purse is about $900,000, paying $100,000 to the men’s and women’s winners, with a $50,000 bonus for breaking the course record.
  • NYRR details a year-long, 275-staff planning effort and anticipates cool, cloudy mid-50s conditions, as community stories range from ABC7’s GMA50 relay for Team for Kids to Ali Feller running while living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.