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Earlier this month, on Sunday, November 5, more than 50,000 runners set out to complete the New York City Marathon. Race spots for the World Marathon Major are highly coveted, with 128,000 runners vying for a chance to toe the line in 2023.
The point-to-point course takes runners through the five boroughs and is known to be challenging, from the logistics of getting to the start line in Staten Island to its steep hills and bridges. In 2023, the average finish time was 4:39:46.
Of the 51,402 finishers, 55 percent were men, 44 percent women, and less than a percent identified as non-binary. Data released from Strava, the physical activity tracker, revealed how runners trained for and raced the notoriously tricky course and, more specifically, identified why women may be more successful in reaching their race goals than men.
How Women Marathoners Trained
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