NEW YORK, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that "runs" New York City producing 60 annual adult and youth races including the TCS New York City Marathon ...

One of the very best parts of marathon day in New York City is the atmosphere spectators create by cheering runners on in person — and there are plenty of spots around the city to do just that.

The marathon, which became the world's largest ever in 2024 with over 55,000 total finishers, weaves through all five New York City boroughs over the 26.2 mile-course.

In the 1970s, she made history while running in Boston and New York. She later fought to get a women’s marathon into the Olympics.

FILE - Nina Kuscsik, of Huntington, L.I., runs across finish line atop the Empire State Building Thursday, Feb. 14, 1980 in New York. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm,File) BOSTON (AP) — Nina Kuscsik, who ...

In 1971, Kuscsik (2:56:04) and Beth Bonner (2:55:22) became the first two American women to run a marathon in under three hours at the New York City Marathon. She then won that same event in ...

Kuscsik advocated for women's inclusion before they were permitted to compete in many long-distance events. She was the only woman to run in the first New York City Marathon in 1970.

She was also the first woman to enter the New York race, in 1970, and was one of the “Six who Sat” – six women who refused to start the ’72 New York City Marathon for 10 minutes to protest ...

According to Roger Robinson of Runner's World, in 1970, she was the only woman to compete in the New York City Marathon and won in 1972 and 1973.

BOSTON (AP) — Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into ...