Runners return to Manhattan via Madison Avenue Bridge and travel south on Fifth Avenue. Except for a small diversion around the pleasant Marcus Garvey Park, runners stay on Fifth Avenue until they reach Central Park. In this stretch, several runners begin to walk due to tiredness and the many kilometers run.
Runners return to Manhattan via Madison Avenue Bridge and travel south on Fifth Avenue. Except for a small diversion around the pleasant Marcus Garvey Park, runners stay on Fifth Avenue until they reach Central Park. In this stretch, several runners begin to walk due to tiredness and the many kilometers run.
The steady climb, about a mile, which runs along Fifth Avenue on the east side of Central Park, connects Duke Ellington Circle to the park entrance on E 90th Street. This stretch is considered one of the most demanding parts of the entire course. Volunteers know this very well and do everything they can to encourage the near-exhausted runners.
The steady climb, about a mile, which runs along Fifth Avenue on the east side of Central Park, connects Duke Ellington Circle to the park entrance on E 90th Street. This stretch is considered one of the most demanding parts of the entire course. Volunteers know this very well and do everything they can to encourage the near-exhausted runners.
Two banks of cheering crowds welcome the runners as soon as they enter Central Park. The trees with their autumn foliage contribute to an astonishing visual impact. In this stretch, athletes are literally hauled forward by the crowds and by the incredible beauty of the park.
Contrary to popular belief, runners pass very few famous places in New York during the marathon. Those that they do include the world-famous Guggenheim Museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1937, which marathoners find on their left as soon as they enter Central Park.
Volunteers and crowds united in supporting runners who arrived at (approx) at the 38-kilometer point of the race. The slopes of this part of the route represent an additional challenge for the runners’ by now weary legs.
Volunteers and crowds united in supporting runners who arrived at (approx) at the 38-kilometer point of the race. The slopes of this part of the route represent an additional challenge for the runners’ by now weary legs.
A wheelchair runner cautiously faces the abrupt descent near the bronze statue Still Hunt, feared by the athletes who train regularly in Central Park.
Runners face one of the last stretches of Central Park near “The Lake” and the beautiful Loeb Boathouse restaurant. Shortly thereafter, they find themselves outside the park, amid the forest of Manhattan skyscrapers as they prepare to face the slight climb of Central Park South that will take them to Columbus Circle.
