The streets and boulevards of New York mark the route on Sunday 6 November for the 51st celebration of the city marathon. More than 50,000 runners from all over the world are preparing to test themselves in this must-see circuit for all culture lovers running. Because, in fact, this exercise brings with it a profound, almost stoic, knowledge beyond healthy physical sport. Mind and body, the Greeks profess.
It is not easy, enduring 42 kilometers (26.2 miles) is a test that shows the level of health, stamina, physical and mental strength and capacity if what you want is to finish the race, to reach a goal. And the New York marathon was characterized by the summoning power it has among runners around the world who are hungry for victory. This year it resumes its activities at full capacity after breaks due to the pandemicso expect, in addition to the traditional race through the five villages, a festival that celebrates life and health.
The New York Marathon, a bit of history
The first edition of the New York Marathon was held in 1970, almost improvised and intended as a test by the presidents of the New York Road Runners Club, Fred Lebow and Vincent Chiappetta, who managed to get about 130 participants to enter a race. along a rustic path inside Park Drive, Central Park, and the entry fee was rather symbolic. In the middle of that decade, the race began to grow rapidly thanks to the extension of the route proposed by Percy Sutton, president of the Borough of Manhattan, which included the five boroughs of the city.
By the 1980s, the marathon was already an international event: thousands of runners from all over the world joined the competition, motivated by the increasingly famous achievements that the circuit achieved. This is the case of the Norwegian marathon runner Grate Waitz, so far the top winner of her field since the New York marathon has existed. Of the 10 medals that the Scandinavian country boasts in the women’s category, nine have been awarded to Waitz almost consecutively: she was the winner between 1978 and 1980; she returned to the top spot on the podium and lasted for five years, between 1982 and 1986. And she won glory one last time in 1988. If not a goddess of Olympus, Waitz is an icon in the annals of the runway in New York. The competition has acquired such significance that in 2014 you received the Prince of Asturias Award for sport.
What time does the 2022 New York Marathon start?
On Sunday 6 November, various contingents per category will gallop. It is expected that, at eight in the morning, local time, the professional division of wheelchair racersfollowed by handbike sprinters and disabled athletes at 8:20 am.
The women’s professional category opens its participation at 8:40 am and 35 minutes later, at 9:05 am, the men’s category begins. New waves of general category participants will start every 35 minutes starting at 9:10 am. The times for the public therefore start at 9:10 am, 9:45 am, 10:20 am, 10:55 am and 11:30 am.
What is the route of the New York Marathon?
The 42-kilometer ring will cross the five districts into which the city is divided. It will begin on Staten Island to continue through the streets of Brooklyn Bay Ridge, Sunset Park Slope, Fort Greene, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Williamsburg. Participants will continue through Long Island City and Queens before crossing the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge to Manhattan and heading north on First Avenue to the Bronx via the Willis Avenue Bridge.
The route goes around and renews its passage through the island of Manhattan through the bridge of Madison Avenue, to then cross a stretch of Central Park, the finish of which is on the south side. Neighbors and visitors will be able to attend the event next to the fenced roads that limit the path. The official page of the New York Marathon offers a downloadable map for all followers
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