2008 ING New York City Marathon - Complete Coverage

2008 ING New York City Marathon - Complete Coverage

Note These Pages Will be Continually Updated through Monday
The pre-race coverage is still interesting reading - check it out.
Our live coverage expresses the excitement of the event as we were watching it and shows some insights.
We're working on our postrace commentary and photo gallery...

It's the biggest marathon in the world and it requires big coverage to understand what's happening. And that's what we have here. Everything you could ever want to read or watch about the NYC Marathon - this is it.

Our favorite parts?
The Videos - they're cool.
The Interview with Kara Goucher - she's pretty great.
The Preview & Starter Lists - what a great way to know who's who...
Compilations of Press Releases & News - We found them so you don't have to!

The Elite Race Post-Race/Race Recaps The Women's Race - how amazing! We're still writing up the men's race - oops, it's a late night! In the meantime, read our - As It Happens, Live Coverage and check out our Race Day Photo Gallery. Live RaceDay Coverage What amazing races - incredible. The fastest American's woman debut ever - in fact, only two American women have ever run faster, ever... A women's masters record by a champion from a previous century. A heartbreaking men's race decided in the last mile... There are so many stories - and here is the coverage as we watched the race. Click for Live Coverage Race Preview/Starter Lists Kara Goucher, Paula Radcliffe, Gete Wami, Catherine Ndereba, Abderrahim Goumri, Abdi Abdirahman, Abel Kirui, Paul Tergat.... That's it, those are the names to watch. But on these pages we'll show you the past histories for the runners, make our predictions and give you the tools and information needed to make your own predictions... Read the Complete 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 eatch other. You'll see that on the women's side, Paula Radcliffe always wins and on the men's side, it's generally Abderrahim Goumri who triumphs. Elite Athletes Previous Head to Head Performances Pre-Race Comments We'll be at the press conferences. We'll be interviewing the athletes in the days before the race. Come back here to read what the runners are saying about their own prospects, about their competition and about life in general. A Conversation With Kara Goucher More Interviews Coming Soon...

Video Features If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much is a video worth? In this section, we've ferreted video footage that will help you prepare for the 2008 New York City Marathon: athlete interviews, recaps of past races, inspirational stories, course tours, historical footage and more... These are great. Video Introduction The Athletes The Course Inspiration History    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 Releases From the General Press General Press about ING New York City Marathon    Movies and Books In the last weeks, there has been the publication of a great movie and a great book about the New York City Marathon. We can't stop gushing about either of these - and that's not just talk. Run For Your Life (DVD) Run For Your Life is the story of New York City Marathon founder Fred Lebow, the story of the New York City Marathon and the story of the running boom. It's compelling, interesting and humorous - and the editing is superb. MarathonGuide.com Review of Run For Your Life A Race Like No Other If you don't run the New York City Marathon and instead read Liz Robbins' book, you'll know more about the race, the people and the city than you could see in ten outings on the course (except for the feeling of hitting the wall, that can't be replicated in a book - ouch). Flawlessly written and crafted and very readable. Well done Liz. MarathonGuide.com Review of A Race Like No Other    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 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