A Galaxy of Stars to shine at the field of ING New York City Marathon coming Sunday

The 2011 ING New York City Marathon which falls on coming Sunday 6 November will see a strong line up of elite runners :

Men: (Course record - 2:07:43 Tesfaye Jifar [ETH] 2001)
(WR 2:03:38 Patrick Makau [KEN] Berlin 2011)

Geoffrey Mutai (KEN), 29 -- 2:03:02 Boston 2011 - fastest marathon ever run
Gebre Gebremariam (ETH) - PB 2:04:53 Boston 2011
Emmanuel Mutai (KEN),27 - PB 2:06:40 London 2011
Tsegaye Kebede (ETH), 24 - PB 2:05:18 Fukuoka 2009
Feyisa Lilesa (ETH), 21 --PB 2:05:23 Rotterdam 2010
Jaouad Gharib (MOR), 39 -- PB 2:05:27 London 2009




Women: (Course record - 2:22:31 Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2003)

Mary Keitany (KEN), 29 - WL 2:19:19 London 2011, Half Marathon 1:05:50 WR
Caroline Kilel (KEN), 30 - PB 2:22:36 Boston 2011
Buzunesh Deba (KEN), 24 - PB 2:23:31 San Diego 2011
Galina Bogomolova (RUS), 33 - PB 2:20:47 Chicago 2006

The New York City Marathon, run every first Sunday of November annually since 1970 is the largest marathon in the world attracting more than 100,000 applicants for the limited places and and last year saw an all time record number of 44,977 finishers


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