Run to Keep Your Resolutions: ING New York City Marathon 2012 Application Launches 1/2/12

 

The 43rd running of the iconic event will take place on Sunday, November 4, 2012

 

New York, December 29, 2011 —The application for the ING New York City Marathon 2012 will launch on Monday, January 2, just in time to be a part of  2012 New Year’s Resolutions, it was announced today by NYRR.

 

The 43rd running of the five-borough spectacle, watched by more than 2.5 million spectators and a global TV audience, will take place on Sunday, November 4. The application window for the 2012 event will open on Monday, January 2, at 12:00 noon (EST) and close on Monday, April 23 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT).

 

A race record 47,000-plus finishers, a men’s course record by Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya of two hours, five minutes, and five seconds, the surprising triumph by women’s winner Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia in 2:23:15, and the introduction of exciting new events on Marathon Weekend highlighted the 2011 race.

 

Two new events introduced in 2011 and returning in 2012 are the Marathon Opening Ceremonies and the NYRR Dash to the Finish 5K. Held the Friday prior to the race, the Marathon Opening Ceremonies featured a Parade of Nations that highlighted runners and supporters from more than 60 countries, and the NYRR Hall of Fame induction of New York City Marathon co-creator Fred Lebow and Marathon legend Grete Waitz. The Saturday morning before the race saw the inaugural Dash to the Finish Line 5K. The race for all runners – marathoners and non-marathoners alike – began at the UN Headquarters and crossed the famed finish line in Central Park. These two events are just a small part of the exciting marathon weekend that awaits 2012 participants.

 

For more information and to sign up for the ING New York City Marathon 2012, visitingnycmarathon.org.

 

New York Road Runners

Headquartered in New York City, New York Road Runners is dedicated to advancing the sport of running, enhancing health and fitness for all, and meeting our community’s needs. Our goal is to use the expertise acquired in our 53-year history to empower all people to live fitter, healthier lives through participation in our races, community events, instruction and training resources, and youth programs. Our races and other events draw more than 300,000 people each year. The ING New York City Marathon, NYRR’s premier event, is the largest and most inclusive marathon in the world, attracting the world’s top professional runners every year and raising $30.8 million for charity in 2010. NYRR’s running-based youth programs, which currently serve more than 100,000 children in hundreds of schools and community centers, promote children’s health and fitness, character development, and personal achievement in underserved communities. For more information, visitwww.nyrr.org.

 

The ING New York City Marathon

The premier event of New York Road Runners, the ING New York City Marathon is one of the world’s great road races, drawing some 140,000 applicants. The race attracts many world-class professional athletes, not only for the $650,000 in prize money, but also for the chance to excel in the media capital of the world before two million cheering spectators and a worldwide broadcast reach of 330 million. As any one of the more than 875,000 past participants will attest, crossing the finish line in Central Park is one of the great thrills of a lifetime. For more information, visitwww.ingnycmarathon.org.