New York City Marathon

New York City Marathon, Geoffrey Mutai shattered the course record in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, no surprise after he ran the fastest marathon ever earlier this year. Firehiwot Dado wasn’t a favorite coming into the women’s race and victory seemed impossible with even a few miles left. But the Ethiopian made a stunning comeback for her first major marathon title

Mutai finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds, crushing the previous mark of 2:07:43 set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia a decade earlier.

The 30-year-old has established himself as the favorite at next summer’s Olympics after two landmark performances this year.

In April, he ran the fastest 26.2 miles in history: 2:03:02 in Boston. It didn’t count as a world record because the course is considered too straight and too downhill.

The second- and third-place finishers Sunday also broke the old course record. Fellow Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai (no relation), the London Marathon champ, was 1:22 back. Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia was third.

New York City Marathon Results

New York City Marathon Results, The race is over and the celebrities who have crossed the finish line in 2010 New York Marathon. Whether running for the rights of charity or bragging each of the runners have a lot to be proud!

How famous runners in the 2010 New York Marathon to do?

The best news of the day is that celebrities who have come to declare their participation and to draw attention to the race all cross the finish line. Here is the list of celebrities who ran and how they did in the race:

1. Ryan Sutter of The Bachelorette – 3 hours, 20 minutes, 39 seconds
2. Dr. Andrew Baldwin of The Bachelor – 3 hours, 40 minutes, 47 seconds
3. Bobby Flay, Celebrity Chef – 4 hours, 1 minute, 37 second
4. Survivor: Africawinner / cancer survivor Ethan Zohn – 4 hours, 16 minutes, 20 seconds
5. Anthony Edwards from ER – 4 hours, 4 minutes, 45 seconds
6. Jared Fogle, Subway spokesman – 5 hours, 13 minutes, 28 seconds
7. Edison Pena, Chilean miner – 5 hours, 40 minutes, 51 seconds
8. Meredith Viera, Today show host, 5 hours, 59 minutes
9. Robin Quivers, The Howard Stern Show – 6 hours, 9 minutes
10. Al Roker, Today show weatherman – 7 hours, 9 minutes, 44 seconds