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2025 New York City Marathon schedule

Sunday, 2 November

The New York City Marathon has drawn over 55,000 participants, who will run through the five boroughs that make up the city. The race begins at Staten Island at 8:00am with men’s wheelchair races, with the elites set to start at 9:05am. The finishing line is in Central Park.

2025 New York City Marathon Start times:

All times local time EST (UTC -5h).

8:00 a.m.: Marathon Wheelchair start (men)

8:02 a.m.: Marathon Wheelchair start (women)

8:22 a.m.: Marathon Pushrim and Handcycle start

8:35 a.m.: Elite women

9:05 a.m.: Elite men

9:10 a.m.: Wave 1 start

9:45 a.m.: Wave 2 start

10:20 a.m.: Wave 3 start

10:45 a.m.: Wave 4 start

11:30 a.m.: Wave 5 start

How to watch the 2025 New York City Marathon

In the U.S., viewers can follow the race on ESPN2 and on the ESPN App. ESPN3 will provide live coverage in Spanish.

NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago will provide live coverage in English and Spanish from 7 a.m. – 11 a.m. (U.S. Central Time). In New York, the race will air on ABC7/WABC-TV.

International viewers can follow the race via various global broadcast partners, including ESPN International (South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), Eurosport (Europe, Southeast Asia, India), Fox Sports/Kayo (Australia), L’Equipe (France), RAI (Italy), SMG Sports (China), SuperSport (Sub-Saharan Africa), TSN (Canada), and TVE/Tv3 (Spain).