The 2026 New York City Marathon will see nearly 60,000 runners traverse all five boroughs, starting on Staten Island and ending in Central Park. This year marks 50 years since the race moved from Central Park to the boroughs. The course includes five bridges and no pacemakers, leading to slower records.

The race begins on Staten Island and crosses into Brooklyn, then Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx before finishing in Central Park. The course has five bridges, with no pacemakers, resulting in slower records. Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri hold the men’s and women’s records, respectively. Read more racing coverage.

The professional wheelchair races start at 8 a.m., followed by women and men at 8:35 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. The first wave starts at 9:10 a.m., with the last at 11:30 a.m. Runners start from three villages: blue, orange, and pink, each on different parts of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Related: Dever Aims for Podium in New York Marathon.

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