Here's David Letterman's Top 10 List of Signs You Will Not Win the New York City Marathon. One sign that you could win is if you are from Kenya. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya smashed the NYC record by 2 minutes, 37 seconds, winning in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds. That is an average well below a 5 minute mile over 26.2 miles.
In April, Mutai ran the fastest marathon in history (Boston in 2:03:02), but it wasn't a world record because of it being a net downhill course.
Ethiopians won for the ladies--Firehiwot Dado won in 2:23:15 and Buzunesh Deba came in second 4 seconds later.
Meb Keflezigihi was the top American, finishing in 6th place despite having to stop to throw up at mile 23. He finished with a personal best time of 2:09:13.
