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Head-to-Heads: Elite Athlete Past Matchups

2021 TCS New York City Marathon – Complete Coverage

Post-Race/Race Recaps
The Men’s Race – Post-Race Recap
The Women’s Race – Post-Race Recap
Also, read our as it happened thoughts: As It Happens, Live Coverage.

Complete pre-race and real-time coverage now; updates through race week and the following day.

The 2021 New York City Marathon was a celebration of the event’s 50th running and a return to running post- (or almost post-) pandemic.

The men’s race featured a couple of break-aways and exciting races even as the favorites failed to perform as hoped… Meanwhile, the women’s race could not have been better than it ended – providing some of the best racing and results ever at New York…

Post-Race:
The Men’s Race – The Writeup
The Women’s Race – The Writeup

Pre-Race Thoughts/Content

The New York City Marathon is one of the richest races in the world and has a commitment to putting on a newsworthy and exciting race. For the first time in years (perhaps in the history of the race), neither the men’s nor the women’s defending champion will be racing to retain their title and so the race will crown new champions. Nonetheless, the event is packed with superb athletes including a number of olympians and olympic medalists. On the women’s side, the gold and bronze medalists (Peres Jepchirchir and Molly Seidel respectively) from the Tokyo Olympics (held on August 7, 2021) will be competing to build on their 2021 success. On the men’s side, the race will feature the silver medalist from the Tokyo Olympics games – Abdi Nageeye – as well as Kenenisa Bekele, the second fastest marathoner of all time and Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, the 2016 New York City Marathon champion.

The NYC Marathon typically highlights and supports a deep American field, and for 2021 this will be especially true in the women’s field. Americans running the marathon include all three of the women who made up the USA’s Tokyo Marathon team – Aliphine Tuliamuk, Molly Seidel and Sally Kipyego – as well as three other women who finished within the top 10 finishers at the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon.

Of course we’re all excited to see the return of big-time running after the numerous cancellations due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Whatever happens, we’re excited.

Here – for the elite race – you’ll find full writeups on all aspects of the elite races, starter lists, past competitor lists and much more. You’ll also find schedules, course information and history that are of interest to those who just want to learn more about the event.

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

Post-Race/Race Recaps The Men’s Race The Women’s Race Read our – As It Happens, Live Coverage. Race Preview/Starter Lists We’ve separated our coverage into sections – Men’s 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 ListWomen’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

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 TCS New York City Marathon Press Releases From the General Press General Press about the TCS 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 2019 New York City Marathon 2018 New York City Marathon 2017 New York City Marathon 2016 New York City Marathon 2015 New York City Marathon 2014 New York City Marathon 2013 New York City Marathon 2012 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