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It’s that time of year again—the New York City Marathon is back! Over 50,000 runners will toe the line in Staten Island, excited for a journey through all five boroughs of the Big Apple. Even with a warmer than expected start for the entire field, it’s sure to be an exciting race in New York.
If you can’t catch the action in person, don’t fret. There are a few ways to make sure that you don’t miss a second of the competitive professional races. Check out our guide on how to watch the New York City Marathon below, complete with streaming and broadcast information, the race schedule, and previews of the men’s and women’s races.
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How to Watch the New York City Marathon
WHAT: 2022 New York City Marathon
WHEN: The races start at 8 a.m. ET on Sunday, November 6.
HOW TO WATCH: New York residents can broadcast the race on WABC-TV Channel 7 and stream it on ABC7NY.com or the ABC 7 New York app. All other viewers in the U.S. can broadcast the race on ESPN2 or stream it on ESPN.com or the ESPN app. Mobile users can download the official TCS New York City Marathon App to watch all the pro races uninterrupted, along with tracking runners in real time.
Full Streaming and Broadcast Schedule
In New York:
WABC-TV, Channel 7 will air the race on TV from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. Prerace coverage starts at 7 a.m. ET. You can also live stream the coverage on ABC7NY.com and the ABC 7 New York App from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. A Spanish language broadcast is available on ESPN3 through the ESPN app or ESPN.com, and will re-air on ESPN Deportes from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET.
In the U.S.:
Live coverage will broadcast on ESPN2 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. ET. Streaming is available on ESPN.com or the ESPN app if you subscribe to a TV provider. Prerace and other coverage will stream nationally on ESPN3 through the ESPN app and ESPN.com. This coverage will run from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A finish line view is also scheduled to stream on ESPN3 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A Spanish language broadcast is available on ESPN3 through the ESPN app or ESPN.com.
New this year, the TCS New York City Marathon App will stream the professional races in their entirety with no commercial interruptions.
Race Schedule
- 8:00 a.m. - Professional wheelchair start
- 8:22 a.m. - Handcycle and select athletes with disabilities start
- 8:40 a.m. - Professional women’s start
- 9:05 a.m. - Professional men’s start
- 9:10 a.m. - Wave 1 start
- 9:45 a.m. - Wave 2 start
- 10:20 a.m. - Wave 3 start
- 10:55 a.m. - Wave 4 start
- 11:30 a.m. - Wave 5 start
Race Previews
Deep women’s field highlights the event
The women’s race is the marquee event of the day. Although Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and second-fastest half marathoner in U.S. history Sara Hall, both key competitors, will not start due to injury, there’s plenty of talent to watch in the front pack.
Gotytom Gebreslase of Ethiopia recently won the world championship title in Eugene, Oregon, and also owns the 2021 Berlin Marathon title. However, she’s not even the fastest in the field. Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter has a personal best of 2:17:45. Chemtai Salpeter has the hardware to back it up too—she won the 2022 Tokyo Marathon and took bronze at the recent world championships.
Not to be outdone is two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya. She’s won three world major marathons before, although the most recent one came five years ago at the 2017 Boston Marathon.
The most interesting storyline to watch is Hellen Obiri’s debut. The Kenyan is a two-time world champion in the 5,000 meters, and took the 10,000-meter silver medal at the world championships this past summer. How will her credentials translate to the marathon?
There’s a slew of American talent hoping to upset the front runners. Keira D’Amato, who broke the American record in January (recently re-broken by Emily Sisson in Chicago), hopes to build off her sixth-place finish from the Berlin Marathon in September. Emma Bates finished seventh in the world championships marathon and notched a second-place finish at the 2021 Chicago Marathon. Fan favorites Des Linden, Aliphine Tuliamuk, Nell Rojas, and Steph Bruce are all racing too.
Can the defending men’s champion go back-to-back?
The men’s race looks to be just as exciting, even if it isn’t quite as deep.
Two defending podium finishers from last year are back: winner Albert Korir of Kenya and runner-up Mohamed El Aaraby of Morocco. Korir also took second in 2019, but his personal best of 2:08:03 isn’t one of the fastest in the field. Kenyan Evans Chebet tops the performance list with his 2:03:00 PR and also won the Boston Marathon this spring.
Shura Kitata, who beat world-record holder Eliud Kipchoge to win the 2020 London Marathon, takes his 2:04:49 abilities to the starting line. Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands, who took silver behind Kipchoge in Tokyo last year, will also fight for a podium spot.
But who will be top American? Two-time Olympic medalist Galen Rupp hopes to bounce back from an injury-laden year that forced him to drop out of the world championship marathon in July. However, he did finish eighth in the Olympics and second in the Chicago Marathon last year. The big question is, can Leonard Korir—who owns the fastest marathon debut in U.S. history with his 2:07:56 from 2019—end Rupp’s U.S. dominance? And how will Olympian Shadrack Kipchirchir perform in his debut? The 33-year-old is in good form after running 1:01:16 for 13.1 miles at the NYC Half back in March.
Keep a special eye out for Abdi Abdirahman. While he’s not retiring quite yet, the five-time U.S. Olympian is likely running the last NYC Marathon of his career.
Fast wheelchair races on deck
Don’t miss the incredible wheelchair athletes as they power through the five boroughs. “The Silver Bullet” Marcel Hug of Switzerland has won in NYC four times, but he’ll have to fend off the U.S.’s Daniel Romanchuk, who recently took second to Hug at the Chicago Marathon.
On the women’s side, recent Chicago Marathon champion Susannah Scaroni will challenge three-time NYC champion Manuela Schär of Switzerland, and 23-time World Major Marathon winner Tatyanna McFadden of the U.S.
Chris Hatler is a writer and editor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but before joining Runner’s World and Bicycling, he was a pro runner for Diadora, qualifying for multiple U.S. Championships in the 1500 meters. At his alma mater the University of Pennsylvania, Chris was a multiple-time Ivy League conference champion and sub-4 minute miler.
