The 40-year-old American is calling her journey Project Eclipse because of how rare the opportunity was. Shalane Flanagan, the 2017 champion, ran her sixth marathon major in six weeks - a first made possible because the Boston, London and Tokyo Marathons were pushed from spring to fall by of the pandemic. They clapped and hollered for the elite and the every-runner. Cowbell-swinging supporters in the Bronx waved runners into the final stretch. Throngs on Manhattan’s First Avenue welcomed runners off the Queensboro Bridge. On streets emptied 21 months ago except for ambulances rushing to aid a city paralyzed by the coronavirus - and later filled with anguish and frustration in the days after George Floyd's murder - there was simply joy Sunday as around 30,000 runners made their way through the city's five boroughs.īrooklynites cheered for the early rising wheelchair competitors between sips of coffee. In a city where over 34,000 have died of COVID-19, organizers hoped for an uplifting celebration akin to the marathon staged two months after the 9/11 attacks. The second oldest of the world’s marathon majors returned after canceling in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Korir and Jepchirchir made it a Kenyan sweep at Sunday's New York City Marathon, with Korir winning the men's race two years after finishing second and Jepchirchir becoming the only woman to take a marathon major in the fall after earning an Olympic gold medal. NEW YORK – New York sought a comeback story for its 50th marathon, and Albert Korir delivered.Īnd for a city whose sports fans don't accept second best, Peres Jepchirchir came through with a memorable first.
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