The New York City Marathon is back, but the event is more than just Sunday’s race, which has been run annually since 1970 - save for a 2012 cancellation due to Hurricane Sandy. The weekend-long event begins Friday, and here is a look at the busy weekend for one of the premiere distance running events in the world.
New York City Marathon 2014: Events, times and schedule for the weekend
Andrew Burton
Things get started on Friday night with opening ceremonies, with several runners partaking in the ceremony at Central Park. Saturday will feature a 5K race, plus a marathon eve dinner inside Marathon Pavilion at East 67th Street at Central Park.
The ESPN family of networks will provide full coverage of the New York Marathon with John Anderson and Hannah Storm anchoring the coverage, including two hours of pre-race coverage on ESPN3. Here are the schedule of events (all times ET):
Friday
5:30-7 p.m.: Opening Ceremonies (streamed online at 7online.com
Saturday
8 a.m.: New York Road Runners 5K, allowing NYRR members to run at least part of the marathon course, with the finish of the 3.1-mile race at the actual marathon finish line.
4-8 p.m.: Marathon Eve dinner
Sunday
7-9 a.m.: Pre-race coverage on ESPN3, 7online.com
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: New York City Marathon, on ESPN2, Watch ESPN, 7online.com
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Finish line coverage all day on ESPN3 and 7online.com
12:30-2 p.m.: Marathon and post-race coverage on ESPN3 and 7online.com
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