Ethiopian Runners Aim to Best New York City Marathon Record

More than 50,000 runners will make their way to the starting line in the borough of Staten Island  on November 1, for the start of the world’s most famous annual races - the New York City marathon. The race course runs a total of  42.195 km through all five boroughs of New York City, ending up at the finish line in Central Park. A Kenyan man has won the past three marathons and for the past two a Kenyan has finished 1st in the women's group. But a group of Ethiopians...

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