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NYC Marathon 2015: Time, TV schedule, map, route and street closures
Here are the complete course details for Sunday’s NYC Marathon.
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One of the country’s premier marathons returns Sunday morning with the 2015 New York City Marathon. Since its inception in 1970, the 26.2 mile race has grown to become one of the biggest in the world, with more than 50,000 runners competing last year.
The race begins at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island and runners will cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn. From there, the marathon winds its way through Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and a brief turn in The Bronx before going back to Manhattan, with the finish line at Central Park
The start times are staggered based on division, with the wheelchair division athletes starting at 8:30 a.m. ET. The women start running at 9:20 a.m., while the men begin 30 minutes later, in four waves spread apart. Here’s the complete starting schedule.
| 8:30 a.m. | Wheelchair division |
| 8:52 a.m. | Achilles Handcycle category and select athletes with disabilities |
| 8:55 a.m. | Foot Locker Five Borough Challenge |
| 9:20 a.m. | Professional women |
| 9:50 a.m. | Wave 1 (including professional men) |
| 10:15 a.m. | Wave 2 |
| 10:40 a.m. | Wave 3 |
| 11 a.m. | Wave 4 |
The marathon is being broadcast locally on WABC Channel 7. Fans outside the New York area can catch it on ESPN2, with online streaming available on the WatchABC and WatchESPN apps.
With tens of thousands of runners expected to compete, the New York area will have multiple road closures, so drivers need to plan ahead. A complete list of road closure times can be found here.
For complete runner and spectator guidelines, visit the NYC Marathon’s official website.
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