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TCS New York City Marathon

New York, NY · Sunday, November 1, 2026

TCS New York City Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Climb
851 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
46°F to 61°Ften-year normals, 16% of days wet

Route statusa community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. Run Ready's 2025 certified course trace, 42.36 km

Accuracy check: drawn line is within 0.2% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 94% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 3.1 m.

Note on bridge grades: Where a course crosses a bridge, the elevation now follows the deck rather than the ground underneath it. A terrain model contains no bridges, so it used to sample the riverbed and report a gorge the runner never descends. Decks are held level between their abutments and never allowed to sag below them; a genuine climb across a long span, like the Golden Gate approach, is left exactly as measured. The camber of a long suspension deck is not modelled, so a bridge that really does rise toward mid-span may read slightly flatter here than it feels.

The elevation profile

-40 10 60 110 160 210 260 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: +4.0% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: +1.5% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: +0.6% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: +0.8% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: +0.6% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: +0.5% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: +0.6% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: -2.1% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -5.6% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: -6.6% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +0.4% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +2.3% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: -0.4% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: -0.5% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: +0.4% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: -0.0% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: +0.2% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: +0.4% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: -1.2% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: +1.4% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +0.6% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: -0.7% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: -0.5% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: +0.1% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: -1.0% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: -2.1% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: -0.9% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: +0.4% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: -0.0% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: +0.9% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: +0.7% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: -0.3% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -0.6% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: -1.0% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: +0.0% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +0.1% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: +0.1% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: +0.1% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: +1.0% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: -0.5% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: +1.9% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: +1.9% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: +0.1% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -1.6% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: +0.4% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: -1.6% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: -0.2% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: -1.1% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: -1.0% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: -0.3% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: +1.0% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: +1.6% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: -0.7% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: +0.2% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: +0.4% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -1.6% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: +0.0% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: -0.9% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: -0.4% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: +0.2% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: +0.7% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: +0.7% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: -1.5% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -0.2% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -0.3% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: +1.5% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -1.0% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: -0.1% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: -0.6% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: +0.5% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: +0.3% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: -0.1% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: +0.4% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: +0.3% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.5% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: +0.5% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: +0.5% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: +0.6% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: +0.5% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: +0.4% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: -1.5% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: +0.1% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: +0.4% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -1.2% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: +0.5% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: +0.8% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +0.5% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: -1.4% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: -1.8% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: -0.2% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: +0.2% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -0.1% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: -0.1% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +0.0% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: +0.3% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: -0.3% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: +0.2% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: +1.3% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: -0.6% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: -0.2% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +0.6% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.5% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: -0.3% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: +0.1% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: +2.3% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: +0.1% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.5% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +0.3% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: +0.4% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -0.3% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: +0.4% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: -0.3% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: -0.3% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: -0.1% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: +1.7% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: +1.4% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: +1.7% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: +2.1% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: -0.2% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: -0.8% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -0.5% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -0.5% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -1.5% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: +2.0% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -0.9% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: -2.4% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -0.3% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: +2.4% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: +0.7% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: -0.6% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: +1.2% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +97 ft +130 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

851 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 6 and 113 feet of elevation. the Fifth Avenue climb runs from mile 22.72 to 23.66, 97 feet up, about 100 feet of steady ascent over roughly a mile of Fifth Avenue, from Marcus Garvey Park to the Central Park entrance.

Mile by mile

Every mile of the course on the same vertical scale, so they compare at a glance. Net is what the mile does to your elevation; steepest fifth is the sharpest continuous fifth of a mile inside it, the same unit the colour strip above uses.

MileShapeNetElevation Steepest fifthStreets
1+107 ft218 ft+4.0%Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Staten Island Expressway
2-171 ft48 ft-7.2%Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway
3+28 ft76 ft+2.4%4th Avenue, 92nd Street, Dahlgren Place
4+5 ft81 ft+1.3%4th Avenue
5-24 ft59 ft-1.3%4th Avenue
6-20 ft37 ft-2.3%4th Avenue
7-12 ft25 ft-1.0%4th Avenue
8+14 ft39 ft+1.3%4th Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Lafayette Avenue
9+31 ft71 ft+2.4%Lafayette Avenue
10-56 ft14 ft-1.9%Bedford Avenue, Lafayette Avenue
11+36 ft51 ft+1.6%Bedford Avenue
12-35 ft15 ft-1.7%Bedford Avenue, Manhattan Avenue, Nassau Avenue
13-4 ft12 ft-1.5%Manhattan Avenue, McGuinness Boulevard, Pulaski Bridge
14-3 ft11 ft+1.5%Pulaski Bridge, Vernon Boulevard, 48th Avenue
15+18 ft30 ft+0.6%44th Drive, Crescent Street, Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Lower Roadway
16+30 ft60 ft+0.7%Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Lower Roadway, Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Upper Level
17-23 ft37 ft-1.5%1st Avenue, East 59th Street
18-30 ft8 ft-1.8%1st Avenue
19+4 ft12 ft+0.3%1st Avenue
20+17 ft29 ft+2.3%Willis Avenue Bridge, 1st Avenue, East 135th Street
21+6 ft33 ft+1.5%East 138th Street, Madison Avenue Bridge, Alexander Avenue
22+13 ft23 ft+0.5%5th Avenue, Mount Morris Park West, West 124th Street
23+15 ft38 ft+1.8%5th Avenue, West 120th Street, Mount Morris Park West
24+55 ft96 ft+2.2%5th Avenue
25-31 ft69 ft-2.7%Terrace Drive
26-3 ft67 ft+2.6%Central Park South, East Drive, Grand Army Plaza

The course on a map

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Course geometry a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. City geometry is OpenStreetMap, ODbL. Weather normals are ten years of Open-Meteo reanalysis around race day at the start line. Confirm dates and registration on the official site. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.