|
Coverage Homepage
Post Race:
Men's Post-Race |
Women's Post-Race |
Complete Searchable Results
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
Extras:
Pace Calculator/Pace Guide/Viewing |
Videos (Athletes/Archival/More...)
More News:
Press Releases |
News (other sources)
Featured Book/Movie:
Run For Your Life |
A Race Like No Other
The 42nd Running of the New York City Marathon - As It Happens
On this page: Men's Race | Women's Race
We're on-site 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. Men's Race | Women's Race
Overview
The temperature is approximately 47 degrees at the start and is expected to rise just slightly by the finish. But there is a northerly wind of 15mph - which will be a head wind for approximately the first 20 miles. We'll see how this affects the race...
Men's Race back to top
The Finish: Geoffrey Mutai has won the 2013 New York City Marathon in 2:08:24. Tsegaye Kebede is second in 2:09:16. April Lusapho finishes thired in 2:09:45. Ryan Vail finishes as first American /13th overall in 2:13:23.
Mile 24 (1:57:26), Mile 25 (2:02:15). Geoffrey Mutai WILL win the 2013 NYC Marathon. Tsegaye Kebede has moved into second place. Kebede twice finished second in the World Marathon Majors series (most recently to Geoffrey Mutai), but with this NYC Marathon, Kebede will win that $500K bonus - this must be a relief to him.
Mile 22 (1:47:51), Mile 23 (1:52:31). Geoffrey Mutai has gotten away from Biwott who is nine seconds back. Mutai looks strong and looks like he should cruise to victory - following up on his 2011 course record/win and following the success of his training partners in winning the other Marathon Majors races this fall (Wilson Kipsang winning Berlin / world record and Dennis Kimetto winning Chicago / course record).
Mile 20 (1:38:25), Mile 21 (1:43:12). Geoffrey Mutai is pushing the pace and the pack has broken up. Only Stanley Biwott can go with Mutai. Lusapho April has moved into third place and Tsegaye Kebede is in fourth place. Kebede - we imagine - does not care about this part of the race. With the way the race is playing out, Kebede will be guaranteed the World Marathon Majors Series title and the $500,000 bonus - his only way of losing that competition would have been for Kiprotich to have finished top three and ahead of Kebede - that won't happen now.
Mile 18 (1:28:36), 30K (1:31:41), Mile 19 (1:33:21). The pace has increased somewhat from mile 17-19 (4:39, 4:43, 4:45) and Welsey Korir has fallen back as eight men remain in a tight pack.
25K (1:17:02), Mile 16 (1:19:14), Mile 17 (1:23:53). The runners have turned onto 1st Avenue - and this is where things usually happen in the NYC Marathon. No one has broken away from the pack and these nine men will make up the top runners: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH), Peter Kirui (KEN), Jackson Kiprop (UGA), Geoffrey Mutai (KEN), Lusapho April (RSA), Wesley Korir (KEN), Julius Arile (KEN), Stephen Kiprotich (UGA), Stanley Biwott (KEN).
Mile 14 (1:09:19), Mile 15 (1:14:13). The men are moving up the 59th St. bridge - Geoffrey Mutai pushed the pace and Tsegaye Kebede moved to the front. The pack is down to nine men - breaking up earlier than in many years. Off the pack are Martin Lel, Meb Keflezighi, Daniele Meucci and the Japanese contingent: Yuki Kawauchi and Masto Imai.
Mile 12 (59:32), Mile 13 (1:04:32), Halfway (1:05:06). Fourteen men remain at the front, but Daniele Meucci is slipping off the back.
Mile 10 (49:25), Mile 11 (54:40). Fourteen men continue in the lead pack.
Mile 9 (44:33), 15K (46:05). Attrition is starting as the lead group is down to fourteen runners. Off the back are Augustus Maiyo, Guor Maker and - excluding Meb - all of the Americans... Jason Harmann, Augustus Maiyo, Ryan Vail off the back...
Mile 8 (39:44). Still twenty men in the lead toward a pace that will finish in 2:10. This looks like a traditional NYC Marathon - we'll expect the race to continue this way - perhaps with some attrition - until mile 16 and the turn onto 1st Avenue.
Mile 6 (29:49), 10K (30:52), Mile 7 (34:47). Still twenty men in the lead. Just after mile 7, Augustus Maiyo, followed by Julius Arile surged away, but can not really get away from the field.
Mile 5 (24:55). Twenty men, including all of the favorites running on pace to a 2:10 marathon...
Mile 4 (20:01). Peter Kirui had played with being the leader and is now pushing away from the pack which is maintaining a conservative pace. Meb is just behind, but really the pack has not lost contact even as Kirui pushes the pace slightly. Twenty men remain in the front group.
Mile 1 (5:28), Mile 2 (10:08), Mile 3 (15:12), 5K (15:42). Geoffrey Mutai pushed to the front for a while, but let the rest of the pack run with him. The men are on pace for a 2:12:30 - conservative. And it is Meb who is staying at the front.
About 25 men are in the front pack. Meb leads with Augustus Maiyo behind. The men are spread across the full width of the course - the wind must not be as bad as we thought.
The men have started.... More information as the pack forms.
The men's race will begin at 9:40AM. The women's race started a few minutes late - and we'll see whether the men start on time or late.
Women's Race back to top
The Finish: Priscah Jeptoo has won the 2013 New York City Marathon in 2:25:07. Buzunesh Deba - after leading for most of the race - finishes second in 2:25:56. Jelena Prokopcuka finishes third in 2:27:47. Tigist Tufa, Deba's partner finishes in 2:29:24/8th place...a huge PR after running outside herself for much of the race. Adriana Nelson is first American finisher in 2:35:05 / 13th place.
Mile 24 (2:13:28), 40K (2:17:54). Jeptoo has a more than 20 second lead on Deba - and is nearly guaranteed the marathon win (and the World Marathon Majors series bonus of $500K). Deba has a 2-1/2 minute lead on most of the pack and should finish in second place. Tigist Tufa is slowing and will likely be caught and, if she can finish, will likey be out of the top 5 as she stands to be caught. Jelena Prokopcuka has fifteen seconds on her next competition and may take third place.
Mile 23 (2:07:45). Deba is incresing her pace (last mile 5:22), but Jeptoo - in second place - ran a 5:06 mile. Deba is looking around, knowing that she is in trouble and that the win will not be hers... At 2:13:00, Jeptoo catches and passes Deba.
Mile 22 (2:02:23). Deba continues to run strong (last mile at 5:30), but Jeptoo is running stronger (last mile at 5:08). Jeptoo is 38 second behind the leader and will be passing Tigist Tufa in the next mile.
Mile 20 (1:51:18), mile 21 (1:56:53). Deba is running alone at the front - her training partner Tigist Tufa (who we've learned has a marathon PR of 2:40) has fallen back. Priscah Jeptoo continues to make up ground is exactly one minute behind Deba, gaining 20 seconds per mile. Behind, the other favorite, Edna Kiplagat has fallen well back. Jelena Prokopcuka is 1:50 behind Jeptoo, Christelle Daunay and Valeria Straneo are just behind Prokopcuka. Kim Smith, Edna Kiplagat, Sabrina Mockenhaupt and Diane Nukuri-Johnson are a few seconds further back.
Mile 18 (1:39:53), Mile 19 (1:47:11). Deba and Tigist are down to a 1:41 lead ahead of Priscah Jeptoo, but still 2:50 ahead of the next runners. If the race continues as we could expect, Jeptoo should catch the leaders coming into Central Park, but Deba should continue to finish as runner-up (for the second time in a row).
Mile 16 (1:28:59), Mile 17 (1:34:22). Deba and Tigist are maintaining their pace toward a 2:26 marathon... Behind, Priscah Jeptoo, has distanced herself from the rest of the pack and gaining well. Jeptoo is 2min 30sec behind the leaders. Edna Kiplagat is 25 seconds behind Jeptoo.
Mile 15 (1:23:11), 25K (1:26:28). Deba and Tigist continue ahead. But behind, things are shaking up - Priscah Jeptoo has moved away from the rest of the women and is making some small advance on the front. Mile 15 for Deba/Tigist: 5:42 (their slowest mile of the race). Mile 15 for Jeptoo: 5:38.
Mile 13 (1:11:57), Half (1:12:38), Mile 14 (1:17:29). Deba and Tigist are a full 3min 30sec ahead of the rest of the women. Thirteen women follow, with Adriana Nelson (USA) falling back from the pack - leaving only one American, Amy Hastings, in the main pack.
Mile 10 (55:81), Mile 11 (1:00:59), Mile 12 (1:06:24). Deba and Tigist's lead has increased to 3min 10sec. They continue to increase their lead with every mile. The following pack is down to fourteen women with Janet Bawcom and Alisha Williams having fallen back.
Mile 9 (50:01), 15K (51:43). Deba and Tigist are now nearly three minutes ahead of the main pack. That pack now holds 16 women, including all of the favorites and four Americans: Amy Hastings, Adriana Nelson, Alisha Williams and Janet Bawcom.
Mile 7 (39:02), Mile 8 (44:34). The two leaders continue to add ten to twenty seconds lead on the remaining women each mile and they are now more than 2:30 ahead of the rest. We're not sure if this is sustainable, but Deba ran 2:23:19 in 2011 and is a local runner with lots of fan support...
Mile 6 (33:31), 10K (34:44). Deba and Tigist are 2:10 ahead of 25 other women. Deba is going for it - pushing to a time of under 2:27. The two leaders last three miles have been 5:38, 5:37, 5:27. The other women's last three miles have been 5:55, 5:44, 5:35. But there is a lot of speed in that back pack.
Mile 5 (28:04). Deba and Tigist are a full 2 minutes ahead of the other 25 women... Their pace is continuing to improve - they are going for it (or more likely, Deba going for it and Tigist helping her...)
Mile 4 (22:33). Deba and Tigist are now 1:45 ahead of the rest of the pack and their pace is increasing. The pace for the leaders has them come in at under 2:28 - and the way they are running, they will be out of site (and out of mind) of the other women soon.
Mile 3 (16:59), 5K (17:34). Deba and Tigist are now a full 1:30 ahead of the rest of the pack! Unbelievable. The pace for Deba has her finishing at 2:28:15 - achievable. Twenty-five other women are behind.
After a mile (6:17 - that's slow), Deba and Tigist (a local Ethiopian runner who is one of Deba's running partners) are more than 15 seconds ahead of the rest of the women - and continuing to pull away. Of course it's too early for this to mean anything, but we can see what Deba is planning or hoping for. One factor in this race could be that Edna Kiplagat and Priscah Jeptoo - two favorites are also running for the World Marathon Majors Bonus - $500,000. They could keep the pace slow and tactical, giving someone like Deba an opportunity to be bold and run away and win...
The women's race will begin at 9:10AM. Well.... already the day is starting a little late. Security slowing things down? We'll let you know.
Coverage Homepage
Post Race:
Men's Post-Race |
Women's Post-Race |
Complete Searchable Results
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
Extras:
Pace Calculator/Pace Guide/Viewing |
Videos (Athletes/Archival/More...)
More News:
Press Releases |
News (other sources)
Featured Book/Movie:
Run For Your Life |
A Race Like No Other
| 
