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The 40th Running of the New York City Marathon - As It Happens
We're onsite at the New York City Marathon and will be commenting on the race - as it happens. If you haven't yet, follow the links above to read the bios and look at the starter lists - so you know who the players are. Then, return to this page and refresh often. We'll have photos and post-race writeups after the race is over.
Refresh this page every few minutes to see the latest updates. We'll have all of the updates for all races on this one page - trying to make it as easy as possible for our readers to see what's happening.
Note, as you read these reports, they will appear in reverse chronological order. Newest updates will be at the top of each section.
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Overview
The largest field ever is expected for the 40th running of the ING New York City Marathon - 43,741 starters! The weather was fine: low 50s with a headwind that didn't seem to affect the outcome... The race is over and the big story is Meb Keflezighi - one of our favorite runners and one of the nicest people in the world. What a race and what a story.
Men's Race back to top
Mile 25 (2:03:13), Mile 26 (2:08:10), The Finish (2:09:15). Through the final miles, Meb Keflezighi continued to extend his lead and set a new PR (beating his PR from earlier this year on the flat London course)! Wearing a "USA" shirt and pointing to it as he approached the finish line, Keflezighi became the first American to win the New York City Marathon since Alberto Salazar took the title in 1982. Wow! Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot took the second place in 2:09:56, Jaouad Gharib finished third in 2:10:25 and Ryan Hall took fourth in 2:10:36.
Mile 24 (1:58:23). Meb Keflezighi is building a lead... He is the strongest in the race. It looks like he will win - really! Cheruiyot is five seconds back and Gharib is more than 30 seconds back...
Mile 22 (1:48:27), Mile 23 (1:53:20). Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot looks comfortable. Meb Keflezighi looks comfortable sitting on Cheriuyot. They are now nearly 30 seconds ahead of Gharib... Wow!
Mile 21 (1:43:38), 35K (1:47:20). Kwambai and Bouramdane are falling back as Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Meb Keflezighi are pushing the pace.
Mile 20 (1:38:46). And the race seems down to five men and then four.... Ramaala has fallen well back. Gharib remains just behind and seems like he could catch the main group if he tried. And now Kipkoech has fallen a bit back. The four remaining: training partners James Kwambai and Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot; Abderrahime Bouramdane and Meb Keflezighi.
Mile 19 (1:33:56). Six + one men. Kwambai, Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Bouramdane, Keflezighi, Kipkoech, Ramaala, and just behind Gharib. Ryan Hall and Abdi Abdirahman are running together about twenty seconds behind.
Mile 18 (1:29:09), 30K (1:32:12). And now it is a race! A 4:40 mile led by James Kwambai - and the group is broken apart. Jorge Torres, Ryan Hall, Abdi Abdirahman and Jaouad Gharib have fallen off. Kwambai, the fastest man in the field leads, with Bouramdane and Cheruiyot on his sides and Keflezighi and Ramaala right there. Gharib trails by just a few seconds - perhaps feeling the pace is just a bit fast, but not really letting go of the group.
Mile 17 (1:24:29). Ramaala was off the front, but then joined back by Abdi Abdirahman, then Bouramdane, then the rest... Ten men remain as Tesfaye Girma is the next to fall back.
Mile 16 (1:19:47). Onto 1st Avenue, Ramaala is up to his old dtricks. He takes off and develops a gap - but it seems that he is doing that more to make the race rather than stage a serious attempt to break away from the pack. Ramaala is waving the others to come and join him...
Mile 14 (1:09:36), Mile 15 (1:14:42), 25K (1:17:32). Over the 59th St. Bridge, Bolota Asmerom started to fall back and then Marilson Gomes Dos Santos was off the back...
Mile 12 (59:32), 20K (1:01:40), Mile 13 (1:04:32), Half (1:05:07). Bouramdane has continued to lead - it seemed his plan to lead to the half. Following the halfway mark, Abdirahman has moved to the lead. The lead group remains at 13 men, including five Americans.
Mile 10 (49:39), Mile 11 (54:38). The first big news of the race: Patrick Makau is out...
15K (46:19). Bouramdane a few seconds ahead of the rest, which now consists of thirteen including Bouramdane. They are: Bouramdane, Meb Keflezighi, Ryan Hall, Jackson Kotut Kipkoech, James Kwambai, Jaouad Gharib, Hendrick Ramaala, Jorge Torres, Marilson Goems dos Santos, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Abdi Abdirahman, Tesfaye Girma, Bolota Asmeron - that's all of the men we'd expect there. A smaller group of Americans follows (running the championships race within the race): Jason Lehmkuhle, Max King and Peter Gilmore. Just behind for the Americans are Fasil Bizuneh, Nick Arciniaga, Josh Moen, Brian Sell, Pat Tarpy, Mike Sayenko and Allen Wagner.
Mile 7 (34:56), Mile 8 (39:57). Bouramdane has moved back into the lead and is about five seconds ahead of the the main pack (led by Keflezighi) which is just beginning to thin.
10K (31:04). Meb Keflezighi has taken over the lead, but it seems that was just to get to the fluid station first and avoid the rush... Makau back in front. Mohammed Awol has fallen out of the group which now holds 17 men.
Mile 4 (20:12), Mile 5 (25:09). Bouramdane has been absorbed back into the pack. Patrick Makau is nominally leading and setting the pace, but with a sub 5 minute fifth mile, this is an honest pace...
5K (15:52). 18 men and here's the list: Abderrahim Bouramdane (MAR) leading by a few seconds, then... Patrick Makau (KEN), Hendrick Ramaala (RSA), Meb Keflezighi (USA), Mohammed Awol (ETH), James Kwambai (KEN), Marilson Gomes dos Santos (BRA), Jackson Kotu Kipkoech (KEN), Tesfaye Girma (ETH), Teklu Tefera Deneke (ETH), Jaouad Gharib (MAR), Ryan Hall (USA), Jorge Torres (USA), Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Halefom Abege Tsegaye (ETH), Bolota Asmerom (USA), Robet Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN), Derese Deniboba (ETH). Peter Gilmore (USA) leads the next group just a few seconds back...
Mile 3 (15:19). Bouramdane is all alone in the front, nearly five minutes ahead of the rest. About 20 men follow.
Into mile 2 (10:20) - Ramaala and Bouramdane, with their secret pact? (see below) still lead and Patrick Makau has moved up to join the two. The rest of the pack is just behind.
Through mile 1 (5:34). The men's pack is too huge to count. At the front are Hendrick Ramaala and Abderrahim Bouramdane. One of our sources told us that they witnessed Bouramdane and Ramaala shake hands on their plan to lead and run the first half in 63 minutes. We were dubious when we heard that, but it seems that was a real plan.
The men have started. We'll expect the pack to remain huge for a while - and we won't be able to report on all of the names. But we will report the splits. Abderrahim Bouramdane nominally leads and is setting the pace at the very start.
The Men's race will start at 9:40AM ET.
Women's Race back to top
The Finsh (see just below).
With 1K to go, Tulu lets go. She was waiting and biding her time and Tulu, the 2001 London Marathon champion, is the 2009 New York City Marathon champion at age 37 in 2:28:52. And Ludmila Petrova, the 2000 New York City Marathon, repeats her 2008 performance as runner-up at age 41 in 2:28:59. Christelle Daunay finishes third in 2:29:16. Paula Radcliffe takes fourth place in 2:29:27.
40K (2:21:22), Mile 25 (2:22:12). It is a two woman race now: Ludmilla Petrova leads, but looks like she is tiring - but she is setting the pace. Derartu Tulu looks comfortable on her shoulder. This will be a sprint finish!
Mile 24 (2:16:41). Radcliffe is seven seconds off the leading three and in trouble.
Mile 22 (2:05:06), Mile 23 (2:10:51). Paula Radcliffe is in trouble... Petrova and Daunay are leading with Tulu looking comfortable and actually motioning to Radcliffe to come back up... Further back, Kosgei is losing more ground, while Lewy Boulet is gaining on Kosgei and might manage to sneak up to fifth place before this race is over...
Mile 20 (1:53:29), Mile 21 (1:59:22). The day is windy, but still this is a comfortable pace.
Mile 19 (1:47:37). Salina Kosgei is falling off... The group is down to four: Radcliffe, Daunay, Petrova and Tulu.
Mile 17 (1:36:16). Mile 18 (1:41:52), 30K (1:45:33). Paula Radcliffe is in control, but the pace is not accelerationg... Five women still. Magdalena Lewy Boulet remains comfortably in sixth, but is now 1:45 back. Yuri Kano is nearly four minutes behind Lewy Boulet.
Mile 16 (1:30:44). Onto 1st Avenue, Christelle Daunay takes off - and for a moment it looks like she is starting a breakaway to the win. Paula Radcliffe... er... she looks like she might be hurting and she drops to the back of the five. But that situation is shortlived as Radcliffe moves back to the front on Daunay's shoulder.
Mile 14 (1:19:10), Mile 15 (1:24:57), 25K (1:28:14). The women are on the 59th Street bridge. The real race will likely start after they get to 1st avenue in just a bit...
Mile 11 (1:02:07), Mile 12 (1:07:37), 20K (1:10:08), Halfway (1:14:05). Radcliffe continues to lead the same group. Magdalena Lewy Bouley has fallen back 15 seconds at the half and will be out of the hunt for a top three spot. As an American, we hope she will have enough strength to stay strong through the finish.
Mile 9 (50:51), 15K (52:38), Mile 10 (56:23)...
Mile 8 (45:15). Still six women: Radcliffe controlling and setting the pace, Christelle Daunay on her right shoulder and Derartu Tulu on her left, Ludmilla Petrova, Salina Kosgei and Magdalena Lewy Boulet all right there...
Mile 7 (39:35). The front pack of six has about a minute lead over the next group.
Mile 5 (28:32), Mile 6 (34:01) 10K (35:15). Paula Radcliffe leads five others, the ones we keep talking about (see below)... Kano remains behind, and leads the second pack which is 29 seconds behind at the 10K.
Mile 4 (22:54) At 3.6, Kosgei and Kano collide and flop around - neither goes down, but that will affect them and their concentration. Magdalena Lewy Boulet also needs to do a few hops to avoid the damage. By the time the group gets to Mile 4, Kano has started to fall back...
Mile 2 (11:51), Mile 3 (17:27), 5K (17:55) Paula Radcliffe has picked up the pace a bit and the women's field is starting to splinter - just a bit... but then it's back together. Paula Radcliffe is controlling the race and the pace. In the front are really the six women we would expect are there: Paula Radcliffe, Derartu Tulu, Ludmila Petrova, Christelle Daunay, Yuri Kano, Salina Kosgei, Magdalena Lewy Boulet and Meseret Kotu.
Mile 1 (6:20!!! and yes, it is uphill, but!). What's with these women's races these days? A super slow start at the Olympics, the Boston Marathon, now the New York City Marathon - ugh... Fourteen women are together at this pace, led by Paula Radcliffe. In total 29 women started in the front wave.
The women have started. What's the weather? How are the women dressed? Yuri Kano is sporting arm warmers, gloves and a hat; Christelle Daunay just arm warmers; Paula Radcliffe just gloves; Salina Kosgei and Derartu Tulu seem to think it's just warm enough. About 20 women are running together - everyone from the early start!?! Paula Radcliffe is in the front because someone has to be, but how slow is this?
The Women's race will start at 9:10AM ET. They are all at the starting line, ready to start. Most are wearing gloves, but little extra additional covering - not a cold day, but it shouldn't be too warm.
Wheelchair Race back to top
The wheelchair races have finished. In a sprint to the finish, Kurt Fearnley captures his fourth in a row title in 1:35:58, just beating Krige Schabort who was awarded the same time of 1:35:58. Third place went ot Marcel Hug in 1:40:43. In the women's race, Edith Hunkeler captured her third victory in a row (five victories total) in 1:58:15. Shelly Woods finished second in 1:58:22 and Wakao Tsuchida was third in 1:58:23.
30K split for the men (1:06:44). Krige Schabort has taken over the work spot pulling Kurt Fearnley for a stretch. These two are nearly 3-1/2 minutes ahead of the same group of four that has remained together).
30K split for the women (1:22:45). Still the same four women together.
20K split for the men (43:05). Kurt Fearnley still leading with Krige Schabort on his wheel. A group of four men (Marcel Hug, Saul Mendoza, Josh Cassidy, Roger Puigbo) is together almost a 1-1/2 minutes back, presumably all happy to contest the third position.
20K split for the women (53:06). Four women still together...
10K Split for the men wheelers (21:37). Three-time defneding champion Kurt Fearnley and two-time champion Krige Schabort (2002, 2003) are working together. Just behind is Josh Cassidy of Canada.
10K split for the women wheelers (26:08). Four women are together. Wakako Tsuchida (JAP) leads, followed by Shelly Woods (GBR), Edith Hunkeler (SUI) and Christine Dawes (AUS)
The wheelchair race started on time at 8:20AM ET. From the start, defending champion Kurt Fearnley took the start. It's always a bit tricky covering the wheelchair race, but we'll have splits as the race moves along.
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