The Incomparable New York City Marathon
The 38th annual New York City Marathon took place today with more than 37,000 runners, many of whom are still on the race course right now, persevering to finish. Results:
Martin Lel of Kenya and Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco, who waged a battle for victory in the London Marathon this year, found themselves neck and neck in the final stages of the New York City Marathon on Sunday morning, matching strides through Central Park, having dropped all the runners in what was a crowded lead pack for much of the race.
In the women’s race, Paula Radcliffe, who gave birth in January, outran Gete Wami in the final mile to win in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes 9 seconds.
As the two turned into Central Park for the final time, Lel sprinted ahead, leaving Goumri behind again for the victory in 2 hours 9.03 minutes. It was Lel’s second victory here, having won in 2003. Goumri, 31, has now finished second in both of his career marathons. He lost to Lel in London by three seconds and trailed him here at the finish by 12 seconds, finishing in 2:0916.
Paula Radcliffe
For full coverage – photographs, race results, feature stories – here are our favorite Web sites:
Official NYC Marathon Web Site.
