Winning the race is obviously not the point of the event for the vast majority of runners, but there was $100,000 in prize money handed out to the top runners, including a $5,000 first prize in each of the men’s, women’s, and non-binary fields in both the marathon and half marathon. “The band is phenomenal! I mean I’ve run Disney races, I’ve run the NYC marathon twice, but the energy here is incredible. “Oh my gosh this spot is unbeatable!” she shouted over the sounds of the L Train Brass Band on Kent Avenue. When the race began at 7:00 a.m., launching onto Manhattan Avenue from McCarren Park, spectators were thin on the ground, but by the time the 19,297 runners started pouring into Prospect Park, the scene on the sidelines had gotten appropriately rowdy.īushwick resident Chrissy Michael was pumped. The course was great, it’s nice having the roads in Brooklyn closed off, though the out-and-backs-like on Eastern Parkway-were a little tough.” “It was so fun,” he told Brooklyn Magazine as he flashed his medal.
Jake Rost came across the river from Kips Bay to run the half marathon, and loved the new course.
Some 20,000 runners, and tons of cheering supporters, filled the streets from Greenpoint to Midwood to Prospect ParkĪfter nine years of just doing loops around Prospect Park, the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon and Half Marathon finally hit the streets on Sunday, with a new scenic course that made its way from Greenpoint to Williamsburg, Dumbo to Downtown Brooklyn, Prospect Heights to Crown Heights to Prospect Park, with a lengthy detour down to Midwood and back for those doing the complete 26.2 miles.
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