Coverage Homepage

Pre-Race:
Men: Men’s Preview & Starter List | Men’s Athlete Bios |
Women: Women’s Preview & Starter List | Women’s Athlete Bios |
Head-to-Heads: Elite Athlete Past Matchups

2012 ING New York City Marathon – Complete Coverage

There is a touch of drama along with the onset of the 2012 New York City Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, November 4th. The days leading to the 2012 marathon saw a major hurricane hit New York – and for days there was speculation and questioning of whether the marathon would take place as runners and the elite athletes had trouble getting to the city. But the marathon, of course, would take place in a city with devastation as a backdrop.

Here you’ll find full writeups on all aspects of the elite races, starter lists, past competitor lists and much more.

photo: Scott Winnier / MarathonGuide.com
2010 Winner Gebremariam Returns

If you’re running or watching a friend/family member who is running, you’ll definitely want to view and print out the pace guide which will help you know when you or your friend will arrive at the different points on the course – mandatory information [works best if you plug in your friend’s race number!].

Visit these pages often and tell your friends about them….

The Elite Race

Race Preview/Starter Lists We’ve separated our coverage into sections – Mens and Women’s Races – and here you will find previews of what to expect as well as starter lists for each of the races. Men’s Marathon Preview & Starter List Women’s Marathon Preview & Starter List Elite Athletes Past Performances These men and women have met before at the marathon in various places. This page shows those races where two or more of the registered athletes have competed against each other. It’s sometimes about the prior times these athletes have achieved, but it’s also about how well they do head-to-head in the same race, in the same atmosphere. Elite Athletes Previous Head to Head Performances Athlete Bios It’s always more fun to watch a race if you know who the players are. Through the following links, you’ll find bios of ALL of the top runners, highlighting their past performances and current capabilities: Men’s Bios Women’s Bios

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…From the New York Road Runners ING New York City Marathon Press ReleasesFrom the General Press General Press about ING New York City Marathon

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 2011 New York City Marathon 2010 New York City Marathon 2009 New York City Marathon 2008 New York City Marathon 2007 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