The TCS New York City Marathon will take place on November 6, with the event returning to its full capacity of 50,000 runners this yea,r for the first time since 2019.
TeamKenya.co.ke looks at some of the unique and memorable aspects of the marathon event.
Most participants arrive by bus at the marathon and the Staten Island Ferry from different locations into the staging area.
This year 21,000 runners will ride the ferry; others will take 850 buses from Manhattan and New Jersey.
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One of the longest-established religious services of any kind at any major sporting event in the world - the International Minyan for Marathoners - will be taking place.
The event has been happening for nearly four decades, with Jewish runners holding a pre-race morning service.
Runners who feel anxious before the start of a marathon will be offered emotional support by therapy dogs.
The service, which was paused in 2021, returns this year with therapy dogs in each of the starting villages.
Another new feature introduced at the marathon event will see nursing mothers participating in the TCS New York City Marathon have safe and secure transporting breast pumping equipment from the start to the finish of the marathon.
Athletes will also have the privilege of crossing the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the longest single-span suspension bridge in North America.
The bridge's midpoint is 274 feet above sea level, making it the highest elevation on the marathon course.
On November 4, before the race day, Kenya's Mary Keitany, a four-time TCS New York City Marathon champion, will be recognized at the NYRR Night of Champions as a Hall of Famer.
She will join other Kenyans like Paul Tergat, Tegla Lorupe and Marget Okayo in the hall of fame list.
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