2011 ING New York City Marathon — By the numbers Golf Tips

2011 ING New York City Marathon — By the numbers

November 1, 2011, 2:46 am

2011 ING New York City Marathon — By The Numbers Numbers Facts $1 entry fee at 1970 New York City Marathon 1:29:22 male wheelchair course record (Kurt Fearnley, 2006) 1:52:38 female wheelchair course record (Edith Hunkeler, 2007) 2 ING Cheering Zones, located at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and at Hunter’s Point in Queens. 2:07:43 2:07:43 male runner course record (Tesfaye Jifar, 2001) 2:22:31 female runner course record (Margaret Okayo, 2003) 4 victories by Bill Rodgers (1976–79) 5 participants in the Foot Locker Five Borough Challenge 5 digital video cameras at various locations recording for customized brightroom DVDs by ingnycmarathonphoto.com on the course. 9 New York City Marathon victories by Grete Waitz (1978–80, 1982–86, 1988) 30 HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillators and 9 HeartStart MRx ALS monitor/defibrillators, courtesy of Phillips Healthcare 32 additional Official Partner and Charity Entertainment and Cheer Zones on the course. 36 group leaders for the ING Runner’s Nation Pace Team Powered by TIMEX at the start 38 medical aid stations 54 ChronoTrack timing systems: at the start, every 5K, the 13.1-mile mark, every mile mark from 8 to 26, and the finish 55 finishers at 1970 New York City Marathon 74 UPS trucks transporting participants’ bags from start to finish 84 age of oldest female entrant, Joy Johnson 87 age of oldest male entrant, Sheldon Zinn 106 official clocks on the course 127 starters at 1970 New York City Marathon 130+ bands and other entertainment acts on the course. 148 entrants widowed 150+ New York Road Runners staff working year-round on the marathon 163 gallons of citrus vinaigrette dressing at Marathon Eve Dinner 165 wheelchair/handcycle entrants 220 tubs of Vaseline 223 entrants under under 20 256 entrants from Argentina 269 entrants from Chile 274 entrants from New Zealand 298 entrants age 70-79 311 thermometers 344 entrants from Belgium 358 entrants from Brazil 368 portable toilets, at more than 35 locations (including every mile) on the course 368 portable toilets, at more than 35 locations (including every mile) on the course. 392 entrants from Ireland 418 cots 498 entrants from Norway 504 entrants from Japan 562 pounds of sunflower seeds at Marathon Eve Dinner 563 pounds of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee (approx. 45,000 cups) 599 entrants from Australia 608 media credentials issued 610 entrants from Denmark 640 entrants with other education 671 entrants from Sweden 775 members of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s Fred’s Team 785 entrants from Switzerland 874 entrants from Mexico 944 entrants partnered 984 entrants from Spain 986 entrants are business owners 1,047 entrants are students 1,071 entrants work in marketing 1,073 entrants work as a physician 1,227 entrants work in banking 1,280 entrants work as an engineer 1,298 entrants work as a financial analyst 1,450 members of New York Road Runners Team for Kids 1,456 entrants from Canada 1,513 entrants with high school education 1,663 entrants work as an attorney 1,687 pounds of tomato sauce at Marathon Eve Dinner 1,694 portable toilets at the start 1,745 entrants divorced 1,767 entrants from the Netherlands 1977 year of the most recent victory by an American woman (Miki Gorman) 1,995 entrants work in teaching/education 2000 year of the first official wheelchair division race 2009 year of the most recent victory by an American man (Meb Keflezighi) 2,022 entrants from Great Britain 2,187 entrants from Germany 2,250 pounds of cheese sauce at Marathon Eve Dinner 2,386 entrants age 60-69 2,656 entrants work in admin/management 2,812 pounds of baby spinach at Marathon Eve Dinner 2,812 pounds of romaine lettuce at Marathon Eve Dinner 3,375 pounds of turkey sausage at Marathon Eve Dinner 3,385 entrants from France 3,538 entrants from Italy 3,600 pounds of baby arugula at Marathon Eve Dinner 4,500 pounds of barley at Marathon Eve Dinner 4,500 pounds of mezzi rigatoni pasta at Marathon Even Dinner 4,500 pounds of elbow macaroni at Marathon Eve Dinner 5,948 entrants with post-graduate school education 8,000 event volunteers 8,233 entrants age 20-29 9,350 entrants age 50-59 9,561 entrants with graduate school education 12,530 pounds of ice 13,222 entrants with college education 14,000 adhesive bandages 15,000 marathoners and guests at Martahon Eve Dinner 15,000 New York Macintosh apples at Marathon Eve Dinner 15,044 entrants single 15,792 NYRR member entrants 16,155 female finishers in 2010 (event record) 17,000 pounds of discarded clothing collected for charities 18,000 cans of Coors Light beer at Marathon Eve Dinner 18,927 entrants age 30-39 19,461 entrants age 40-49 20,000 servings of Gatorade G Series Pro Prime and 1,800 gallons of Gatorade G Series Pro Endurance Formula 20,450 tongue depressors 21,600 bottles of Poland Spring® Brand 100% Natural Spring Water 22,340 female entrants 23,025 entrants married 28,948 male finishers in 2010 (event record) 30,144 PowerBar Perform Energy and Fruit Smoothie bars at the start 32,040 gallons Gatorade G Series Pro Endurance Formula on the course. 36,563 male entrants 43,111 NYRR non-member entrants 45,103 finishers in 2010, the most ever in any marathon 47000+ participants in 2010 (projected) 52,000 acetaminophen tablets 53,800 salt packets 54,000 finisher medals 54,000 ING Recovery Bags containing Poland Spring® Brand 100% Natural Spring Water, Gatorade G Series Pro Recovery Beverage, Emerald Nuts, bars, a New York Apple, and pretzels. 60,000 PowerBar Gel packets at mile 18 on the course. 60,000 Heat Sheets™ presented by United Airlines and Foot Locker at the finish line 62,370 gallons of Poland Spring® Brand 100% Natural Spring Water on the course. 90,000 slices of roasted apple at Marathon Eve Dinner 93,600 8-ounce bottles of Poland Spring® Brand 100% Natural Spring Water at the start 142,903 applicants to the ING New York City Marathon 2011 800,000 participant photos captured by more than 80 official brightroom photographers at 16 locations for ingnycmarathonphoto.com on the course. 876,651 finishers to date 908,408 908,408 starters to date 2,300,000 paper cups on the course. 2,500,000 spectators along the course 4,400,000 Readers of the marathon results section of the New York Times on Monday, November 7, 2010 5,307,420 race-day page views on ingnycmarathon.org in 2010 330,000,000 global broadcast reach

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