New York City Marathon

The New York City Marathon is a major annual long-distance running event that began in 1970 with 127 participants completing laps around Central Park, organized by Fred Lebow and Vince Chiappetta. The race expanded dramatically in 1976 to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial by including a route that traversed all five boroughs of New York City a feature that quickly became a trademark and ongoing tradition.\n\nThe course includes Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan, crossing fi