- Weather
- 52°Ftypical startModelled estimate
- Field size
- ~300 runners
- Course
- Rolling
- Elevation
- 500 ft gain · 0 ft net
Event: Lincoln Marathon
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Early November · Northeast · Point-to-Point
New York City Marathon
New York, NY · Sunday, November 1, 2026
The largest marathon in the world crosses all five boroughs, starting on Staten Island and opening with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere when it was completed in 1964. The course rolls through Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx before finishing in Central Park, and that rolling profile (plus five bridge crossings) is why times here typically run slower than the flatter Majors.
World Marathon Major; 5 boroughs
- Bucket List
- Big Race Experience
Opens the race organizer's website
Typical start
39°
Cooler than 91% of U.S. marathons
Modeled historical conditions
Elevation gain
800ft
Flatter than 15% of races
Estimated total climb
Field size
55K
Larger than 100% of races
Estimated field
PR potential
6.7/10
Ahead of 20% of races
Almanac model
Percentiles compare this race against all 224 U.S. marathons in the Almanac.
Course profile
800 ft gain
Rolling course, point-to-point.
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Race-day weather
Modeled from location, month and coastal proximity, not verified race history.
6 AM
31°
Start
39°
Midday
50°
ExcellentGoodWarmHeat risk
Typical start sits at 39°F, good conditions.
Typical dew point 32°F, 22% chance of precipitation, wind around 7 mph. All modeled.
The bottom line
A balanced race that suits most goals without specialising in any.
New York City Marathon is a strong choice for a first marathon, and the course rolls gently without any sustained climbing. The tradeoff is scale: race morning is complicated and you are sharing the course with a very large field.
Why runners choose this race
A point-to-point course around New York, NY, with steady rollers that reward even pacing.
The case for it
- Big-race atmosphere
The tradeoffs
- You dislike crowded starts and corrals
Course and logistics
- Course type
- Point-to-Point
- Surface
- Road
- Profile
- Rolling
- Total gain
- 800 ft(estimated)
- Field size
- ~50,000+ runners(estimated)
- Crowd support
- Wall-to-wall crowds
- Entry
- Data coming soon
- Start / finish
- Start and finish in different locations
Race details
- Typical timing
- Early November
- Next confirmed date
- Sunday, November 1, 2026
- Region
- Northeast
- Editorial tier
- Featured
- Data last reviewed
- 2026-08-26
- Bucket List
- Big Race Experience
- World Marathon Major
- Point-to-point
- Destination race
Similar races
Races with a comparable profile.
- Weather
- 43°Ftypical startModelled estimate
- Field size
- ~300 runners
- Course
- Rolling
- Elevation
- 350 ft gain · 0 ft net
Event listed as: Marathon
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- Weather
- 48°Ftypical startModelled estimate
- Field size
- ~600 runners
- Course
- Rolling
- Elevation
- 500 ft gain · 0 ft net
Event listed as: Marathon
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