Live updates, splits and results from the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 1, the 50th anniversary of the five-borough course. Hellen Obiri and Benson Kipruto return to defend their titles, and the Marathon Handbook team is reporting from the finish line in Central Park, with our live watch-along streaming from the Tracksmith Trackhouse in Brooklyn. Coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. ET; the professional women start at 8:35 a.m. ET and the professional men at 9:05 a.m. ET. Clocks go back an hour overnight, so all times are Eastern Standard Time.
The men have just passed through 34K, with less than 10K to go, and there is a big group of 15 runners still hanging together at the front. We’re in for some fireworks soon!
An acceleration in the women’s field has left Obiri and Chepkirui at the front with McClain and Chelangat chasing. Weini Kelati fell off the back just before the acceleration.
The last Americans to win here were Shalane Flanagan, in 2017, and Meb Keflezighi, in 2009. Flanagan was the first American woman to win since Miki Gorman in 1977, and Keflezighi the first American man since Alberto Salazar in 1982.
Back in Manhattan, the course turns south on Fifth Avenue and climbs steadily from about 110th Street to 90th Street, around miles 23 and 24, before it enters Central Park. It is the longest climb of the day and it comes when the legs are emptiest, which is why races here are so often decided on Fifth Avenue rather than in the park.
For the first time since 2011, the course has changed in the Bronx. Between miles 20 and 21, runners now stay on Alexander Avenue past East 138th Street and use East 141st Street, Third Avenue and East 138th Street to reach the Madison Avenue Bridge. The new route cuts the borough’s turns from seven to five, and the distance is unchanged.
After the Queensboro Bridge, the course runs north on First Avenue for about three and a half miles, from 59th Street to the Willis Avenue Bridge. The road is wide and gently rolling, and the crowds are deep on both sides. Plenty of runners push too hard here, carried along by the noise, and pay for it in the Bronx and on Fifth Avenue.
While it may look like she’s struggling, Obiri is known for her bouncy form, especially in her upper body. But don’t be mistaken, this is very typical of her and is likely still feeling very strong at this point in the race.
Spectators are not allowed on the Queensboro Bridge, so the runners cross the East River on its lower level in near silence, climbing for most of a mile around miles 15 and 16. The quiet ends at the bottom of the ramp, where the course turns onto First Avenue and some of the biggest crowds of the day.
A year ago Conner Mantz ran 2:04:43 in Chicago and broke the American record by 55 seconds. Within months he had two sacral stress fractures, which he put down to overtraining, and he missed both the World Cross Country Championships and the Boston Marathon.
He did not run on land again until mid-May, rebuilt with sessions on a treadmill that takes some of his body weight, and raced for the first time since Chicago at Falmouth in August.
Last year’s men’s race came down to a lean. Benson Kipruto and Alexander Mutiso ran side by side into Central Park and crossed the line together, both timed in 2:08:09, and Kipruto was awarded the win by less than a second, the smallest margin the race has seen.
Patrick Dever of Great Britain, on his marathon debut, was third in 2:08:58. He is back today.
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| # | Athlete | Time | Gap | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 Conner Mantz |
1:45:33 | 35K | |
| 2 | 🇮🇹 Yemaneberhan Crippa |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 3 | 🇰🇪 CyBrian Kotut |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 4 | 🇰🇪 Patrick Kiprop | 1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 5 | 🇪🇹 Deresa Geleta |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 6 | 🇸🇪 Andreas Almgren |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 7 | 🇰🇪 Geoffrey Kamworor |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 8 | 🇺🇸 Zouhair Talbi |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 9 | Yemaneberhan Crippal | 1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 10 | Ahed Mumumed | 1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 11 | Haftu Strintzos |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 12 | Ryota Kondo |
1:45:34 | +1s | 35K |
| 13 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Ford |
1:45:35 | +2s | 35K |
| 14 | 🇰🇪 Benson Kipruto |
1:45:35 | +2s | 35K |
| 15 |  🇳🇱 Abdi Nageeye |
1:45:35 | +2s | 35K |
| 16 | Kamohelo Mofolo | 1:45:35 | +2s | 35K |
| 17 | 🇺🇸 Aidan Troutner | 1 | :46:06 | 35K |
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Julia Paternain
