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The 47th Running of the New York City Marathon - As It Happens
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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 weather for the 2017 marathon looks to be good. The top runners should run their entire race with overcast skies and temperatures in the mid- to high-50s. Rain is forecast, but will likely hold off until after the winners finish and/or will affect them only in the final miles. There is expected to be a moderate wind from the NorthEast, meaning that wind could slow down the early miles but should not be a major factor.
Men's Race back to top
Mile 26 (2:09:48), Finish (2:10:53). Geoffrey Kamworor holds off a hard-charging Wilson Kipsang to win the 2017 New York City Marathon. Wilson Kipsang is runner-up three secons back in 2:10:56. Lelisa Desisa takes third place in 2:11:32. Abdi Abdirahman finishes as first American in 7th place in 2:12:48. Shadrack Biwott is 2nd American and 10th overall in 2:14:57. Meb Keflezighi finishes his 26th and final marathon in 11th place in 2:15:29.
40K (2:04:25), Mile 25 (2:05:04). Geoffrey Kamworor is running away fom the others and has a seven second lead. Wilson Kipsang is trying to make chase and has some small chance of taking the win. Lelisa Desisa looks firmly in third place.
Mile 23 (1:55:38). The leading four are now well ahead of any others.... All look strong. Defending champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie has stopped and is walking home.
Mile 22 (1:50:53). Geoffrey Kamworor has made the move and the pack is down to four men. Also with Kamworor are Lelisa Desisa, Wilson Kipsang and Lemi Berhanu.
Mkle 21 (1:45:48). Meb Keflezighi is falling farther back, he must be struggling. Seven men in the front, but the next three are just behind and seem ready to reconnect.
The lead seven: Fikadu Girma Teferi (ETH), Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN), Tadesse Abraham (SUI), Wilson Kipsang (KEN), Lemi Berhanu (ETH), Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI), Lelisa Desisa (ETH). Just a few seconds behind and looking like they will rejoin the leaders: Michel Butter (NED), Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Koen Naert (BEL).
Mile 19 (1:35:49), Mile 20 (1:40:36). The lead pack is down to seven men, with no Americans in the group to contend for a podium finish.
Mile 17 (1:25:41), Mile 18 (1:30:39). Twelve men remain the pack, led by Koen Naert with the last miles run at just under 5:00/mile. In the lead pack: Fikadu Girma Teferi (ETH), Wilson Kipsang (KEN), Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN), Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI), Lemi Berhanu (ETH), Tadesse Abraham (SUI), Meb Keflezighi (USA), Lelisa Desisa (ETH), Shadrack Biwott (USA), Michel Butter (NED), Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Koen Naert (BEL)
25K (1:18:27), Mile 16 (1:20:47). The men are off the bridge and starting up 1st Avenue.... 12 men in the lead pack. Koen Naert (BEL) with a 2:10:16 PB has been leading.
Mile 14 (1:10:23), Mile 15 (1:15:33). The men are running up the 59th St. bridge with 11 men still in the lead pack.
Mile 13 (1:05:38), Halfway (1:06:09). The lead pack is breaking apart and is down to 7 men. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie continues to lead.
Mile 11 (55:46), Mile 12 (1:00:43), 20K (1:02:49). Thirteen men in the lead pack, but Ghirmay Ghebreslassie looks frustrated with the pace and is beginning to move.
Mile 9 (45:40), 15K (47:16), Mile 10 (50:27). The pace has been increasing slightly, but still well within the pace that the lead men will feel comfortable with. As is typically the case at New York, the race does not begin in earnest until the men cross the 59th St. Bridge after mile 16. The lead pack has grown to 13 men as Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Jared Ward (USA), Michel Butter (NED) have rejoined the lead group.
Mile 8 (40:48). A 4:53 mile - orchestrated by Wilson Kipsang has broken the lead pack down to just 8 men. Ghirmay Ghebrselassie seems to have retaken the lead and is setting the pace. The 8 men in the lead pack: Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN), Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI), Meb Keflezighi (USA), Wilson Kipsang (KEN), Fikadu Girma Teferi (ETH), Lelisa Desisa (ETH), Tadesse Abraham (SUI), Lemi Berhanu (ETH)
Mile 7 (35:55) The men continue to run at about a 5 minute pace.. At one point, Meb Keflezeghi was running to one side of the course while the rest were on the other - we later saw the field consolidate behind Keflezighi meaning that Meb was choosing the shortest tangent and running the smartest race - experience!
Mile 6 (30:53), 10K (31:55). Every mile so far has been at or slower than 5:00/mile, and the pace being run would bring these men to the finish in 2:14:40ish. It is a very conservative pace for the men at this point in the race.
Mile 4 (20:47), Mile 5 (25:47). We are told that at the first water stop, Abdi Abdirahman fell, but he caught back up to the pack and took the lead to set the pace. Meb Keflezeghi has been running adjacent but apart from the pack, apparently assessing the competition - if he finishes well, we will ask him what he was thinkig about. Seventeen men are in the lead pack: Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Meb Keflezighi (USA), Tadesse Abraham (SUI), Wilson Kipsang (KEN), Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN), Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI), Jared Ward (USA), Koen Naert (BEL), Fikadu Girma Teferi (ETH), Shadrack Biwott (USA), Byron Piedra (ECU), Lemi Berhanu (ETH), Dereje Tadesse Raya (ETH), Lelisa Desisa (ETH), Michel Butter (NED), Birhanu Dare Kemal (ETH), Gishu Dida Maco (ETH)
Mile 3 (15:40), 5K (16:12). 21 men in the front pack. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, the 2016 champion seems to be setting tha pace.
Fifteen men have separated from all of the others. Fredrik Uhrbom of Sweden (who? oh, a runner with a 2:21:44 personal best) is setting the pace up the bridge, enjoying some TV time :-)
The men's race has started! At the start line, 14 men were segregated by the organizers, two steps ahead of the others - we'll agree that this is about the number of men we'll really be watching.
The men's race will begin at 9:50AM. We'll have more when the race begins.
Women's Race back to top
Mile 26 (2:25:47), Finish (2:26:53). Shalane Flanagan wins the 2017 New York City Marathon! Mary Keitany takes the runner-up spot in 2:27:54. Mamitu Daska is third in 2:28:08. Edna Kiplagat is fourth in 2:29:36. Allie Kieffer is 2nd American in fifth place overall with a time of 2:29:36. Kellyn Taylor is 3rd American (8th overall) in 2:29:56 and Stephanie Bruce is 4th American (10th overall) in 2:31:44.
40K (2:19:53), Mile 25 (2:20:35). Flanagan's lead is now 30 seconds. It will be nearly impossible for her not to win. She will be the first American winner since Miki Gorman won the NYC Marathon in 1977.
Mile 24 (2:15:32). Shalane Flanagan has a 14 second lead on Mary Keitany who is still managing to power on. Mamiuta Daska is five seconds behind Keitany. These will be the top three finishers.
Mile 23 (2:10:22). Shalane Flanagan is starting tun away from her competition. The prior two miles were 5:09 and 5:08 - and it seems only Flanagan is capable of holding that pace. It looks like she should win...
35K (2:03:56), Mile 22 (2:05:14). Shalane Flanagan seems to leading. Then Dask takes the lead... Mary Keitany, the three-time defending champion, remains with the others, but seems to be having trouble. The three leaders are now thirty seconds behind the following two runners: Kellyn Taylor and Edna Kiplagat.
Mile 21 (2:00:05). The break has happened and the race is down to three women: Mary Keitany, Mamitu Dask and Shalane Flanagan. The mile, run at 5:26 pace is so far the fastest in the race. Edna Kiplagat and Kelly Taylor are running behind.
30K (1:47:05), Mile 19 (1:49:02), Mile 20 (1:54:39). Eight women in the lead pack with Kellyn Taylor just behind. Buzunesh Deba has fallen well back.
Mile 17 (1:38:06), Mile 18 (1:43:31). Nine women still together as the women are just starting to pick up the pace.
25K (1:30:07), Mile 16 (1:32:38). Sara Dossena is beginning to push the pace. In the lead pack: Mamitu Daska (ETH), Sara Dossena (ITA), Edna Kiplagat (KEN), Betsy Saina (KEN), Shalane Flanagan (USA), Mary Keitany (KEN), Aliphine Tuliamuk (USA), Eva Vrabcova (CZE), Buzunesh Deba (ETH). Diane Nukuri (BDI), Kellyn Taylor (USA) and Stephanie Bruce (USA) are running just five secods behind the lead pack. Before the race, Shalane Flanagan said she would key off of Mary Keitany and she is running just behind her. Also before the racee, Stephanie Bruce indicated that she was hoping to finish top 10 - they are just on their plans.
Mile 14 (1:21:17), Mile 15 (1:26:55). The women are crossing the 59th St. bridge - the biggest hill on the course. The pace has not increased, but the lead pack is down to 9 women as they move up the bridge. The women's pack is often smaller than this at this point... the women seem like they may be taking a lesson from the way the men run the race: waiting until the race leaves this bridge and turns to run up 1st Avenue...
Mile 13 (1:15:37), Halfway (1:16:18). The women are running a very pedestrian pace. Mary Keitany has taken the spot in the lead, but seems in no rush to move the pace along.
Mile 11 (1:04:21), Mile 12 (1:09:57), 20K (1:12:20). Seventeen women still in the lead pack.
Mile 10 (58:51), Mile 11 (1:04:21). The pace has stayed about the same and there remain 17 women in the lead pack as Emma Quaglia of Italy (with a PB of 2:28:15) starts to fall back.
Mile 8 (47:07), Mile 9 (52:54), 15K (54:44). The pace has slowed slightly over the previous two miles and the pack remains intact.
Mile 7 (41:18). The women have run the prior three miles at a constant pace: 5:38 per mile. If the women continue at that exact pace, they will finish in a time of 2:29:28 - that is something that most of these 18 women could accomplish comfortably. The pace, so far, is not tiring any of these women. We noticed Mary Keitany glancing at her watch 1t mile 7.5 - we wonder what she is thinking.
Mile 6 (35:40), 10K (36:52). The pace has increased slightly, but it is still conservative. Sara Dossena of Italy has assumed the lead again. The 18 women in the lead pack: Serkalem Biset Abrha (ETH), Sara Dossena (ITA), Aliphine Tuliamuk (USA), Edna Kiplagat (KEN), Mamitu Daska (ETH), Mary Keitany (KEN), Buzunesh Deba (ETH), Eva Vrabcova (CZE), Kellyn Taylor (USA), Jessica Augusto (POR), Betsy Saina (KEN), Shalane Flanagan (USA), Askale Merachi (ETH), Belaynesh Fikadu (USA), Christelle Daunay (FRA), Stephanie Bruce (USA), Diane Nukuri (BDI) and Emma Quaglia (ITA).
Mile 4 (24:24), Mile 5 (30:03). Buzunesh Deba has taken over the lead of the marathon and is slowly pulling away as the remainder of the field is keying off Mary Keitany. Behind Deba are another 19 women, running a conservative pace.
Mile 1 (6:43), Mile 2 (12:41), Mile 3 (18:36), 5K (19:13). About 20 women are in the pack, with all of the favorites still there. It is a slow start, but that is often the case for the marathons run in New York.
At the start, the women seem to be jogging slowly on the uphill grade at the start. Kellyn Taylor is running off to the side. Sara Dossena of Italy is running out at the front, setting the pace, but in her debut marathon she sems to be wondering why she ias at the front. Mary Keitany and Shalane Flanagan are hidden deep in the back of the pack. Pre-race, Flanagan let us know that she would be watching Keitany...
The women's race has started with about thirty women starting as part of the Elite Women's field. The race starts uphill on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and generally the runners stay together for the first few miles. We will have more to report as the runners pass the first few miles. All eyes will be on Mary Keitany, but nothing much to report just yet...
The women's race will begin at 9:20AM. Stay tuned here for updates as soon as the race begins.
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