Today was the New York Road Runners Half Marathon! As you can see, we were there (to the far left). For those of you who may or may not some fun facts about today's run, here are ten things out the half marathon.
- 15 Olympians and 11 national record holders ran today.
- The run began in Central Park, took the runners through Times Square and finished in lower Manhattan.
- This year's run is a new course so it is eligible for World and American record setting.
- 20,750 runners finished the course; 9,761 men and 10.989 women.
- The first ever professional wheelchair field was featured today.
- This year's NYC half kicked off the Five-Borough Series.
- Many use the NYC Half as a preparation for the full Marathon, a whooping 26.2 miles.
- The first place wheelchair finisher was Joshua George from Illinois.
- The overall winners were Geoffrey Mutai in the men's division and Sally Kipyego in the women's division; they are both from Kenya.
- This is the Half Marathon's 9th year.
