Events/TCS New York City Marathon

TCS New York City Marathon

Running

Date

Sun, 7 Nov 2027

Venue

New York City, USA

Countdown

November

Distance

42.195km

Total climb

340m

The biggest marathon in the world. Nearly 60,000 finishers on one closed course threading all five boroughs, from the foot of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge on Staten Island to the finish in Central Park.

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The course

The route

Point-to-point from Staten Island to Central Park, crossing five bridges including the steep, wind-exposed Verrazzano-Narrows climb in the opening 3km. It rolls all the way, with the decisive Fifth Avenue drag and Central Park's undulations packed into the final 12km.

Weather

Early-November, New York City

14°CTypical high

8°CTypical low

-1°CColdest in 20 years

25%Days with rain

Highs around 14°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 25% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

2025 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeAvg speed

01Hellen Obiri2:19:5118.1 km/h

02Sharon Lokedi2:20:0718.1 km/h

03Sheila Chepkirui2:20:2418.0 km/h

Women finishers

2:24:12

Median time

17.6 km/h

Median speed

Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.

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Training

Training for the TCS New York City Marathon

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

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What New York throws at you

Typical sessions

The Verrazzano-Narrows climbs steeply and fully wind-exposed in the first 3km. It feels easy on fresh legs, which is exactly the trap.

Five bridges in all, the silent Queensboro climb at 25km being the mental low point where the real race starts.

The hardest terrain comes last: the Fifth Avenue false-flat drag and Central Park's rolling finish over the final 12km.

About 340m of cumulative climbing means nothing about the closing miles is flat, right as glycogen runs low.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Marathon-pace long runs on rolling terrain: 28 to 35km with 15 to 20km at goal pace, fuelled exactly as on race day.

Bridge and hill reps: 6 to 12 x 60s to 2min uphill at 5k-to-threshold effort, building the strength to climb late.

Progressive long runs that finish the last 8 to 10km at marathon pace on already-tired legs.

A midweek medium-long run of 14 to 18km, the quiet volume that builds the engine without the recovery cost.

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

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