Post-Race Coverage: The Men’s Race | The Women’s Race | Photo Gallery
Pre-Race: Preview and Starter List | Elite Athletes Past Performances | Men’s Pre-Race Comments | A Chat w/ Abderrahim Goumri

Featured Book/Movie: Run For Your Life | A Race Like No Other

The Elite Race

Post-Race/Race Recaps The 2007 ING New York City Marathon delivered two fantastic races and two epic battles. On the men’s side, five leaders turned into three turned into a race between two men and a race that was decided in the final 500 meters. The women’s race saw two women run away from the pack nearly from the start and fight to the final 500 meters until one of the women succumbed – a similar result to the men’s race. The favorite in both cases had their day, but it did not look as easy as it could. Read these summaries and visit the extensive photo gallery. The Men’s Race The Women’s Race Race Day Photos Live RaceDay Coverage We like to leave this page up even after a race is over – it’s sometimes interesting to go back and see what we were seeing (and what we were thinking) while the race was still ongoing. Did we know what we were talking about? Read and see… Live Coverage

Race Preview
Written before the race has started, here is what to watch for, who’s beaten whom in the past,

Elite Athletes Past Performances
The men and women at these large races have seen each other before. There are rivalries and from these, perhaps, we can handicap the next year’s race. Interesting fact about these pages – they will continue updating into the future – so if you’re re-visiting this years after the event you’ll see both the pre- and post-race matchups.
Elite Athletes Past Head To Head Performances

Men’s Pre-Race Comments
We caught up with Stefano Baldini, Hendrick Ramaals, Martin Lel and Rodgers Rop before the 2008 race and heard their comments on everything from their expecations for the 2008 race to the upcoming Olympics to the world record.
Men’s Pre-Race Interviews

A Chat With Abderrahim Goumri
With a close second place finish to Martin Lel in his debut marathon, Goumri is a man to watch.
A Chat w/ Abderrahim Goumri

What Others Are Writing…

We wish we had a bigger staff. We wish we could write all of the articles we’d like to write (and there are a lot of them). Fortunately, others are writing about the New York City Marathon – present and past. Here are links to Press Releases and News Articles – not written by us, but at least we’ve found these for you…New York City Marathon Press Releases

Past Years…

MarathonGuide.com launched in March 2000 and each year since 2001 we’ve been at the New York City Marathon covering the event. With so many athletes returning each year, past races often provide insights into the current year’s events and personalities. At what mile do the runners typically make their moves? Which runners have been successful with an early breakaway and which have failed? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in the past years’ races. New York City Marathon 2006 New York City Marathon 2005 New York City Marathon 2004 New York City Marathon 2003 New York City Marathon 2002 New York City Marathon 2001