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The
marathon had a record number of starters with 34,703
finishing.
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L-R:
Joseph Kariuki, Rodgers Rop, Jackson Kipng'ok, William
Pedrazza (who ran 3:05) and Laban Chege.
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The
elite men head over the Verrazano Bridge. #103 Godfrey
Kiprotich and #102 Joseph Kariuki are pacesetters.
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Runners
visible in the pack include #37 Philippe Remond, David
Kirui Kiptoo, #19 Elly Rono...
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...#20
Juan Camacho Piña, #13 Joshua Chelang'a, #26
Vincenzo Modica and #7 Gert Thys.
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The
elite men head through Brooklyn, still in a huge pack.
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The
pack passes by the five-mile mark.
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L-R:
#23 Phillimon Hanneck, #103 Kiprotich (pacesetter)
#20 Camacho Piña and #7 Thys.
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The
pack still consisted of about 25 runners at the six-mile
mark, which the leaders passed...
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...in
30:00, approximately 2:11:00 marathon pace.
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#101
Laban Chege and #102 Joseph Kariuki continue to set
the pace.
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Approaching
the halfway point, the lead group is still massive.
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#1
Rodgers Rop led at the halfway point (1:05:39) with
many other contenders right behind.
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L-R:
Jackson Kipng'ok, Elly Rono, Rodgers Rop and Martin
Lel occupy the top four spots...
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...but
there are still at least 20 runners in contact.
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Manhattan
is visible in the background as the lead pack runs
through Queens.
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The
lead group heads off the Queensboro Bridge...
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...into
Manhattan and up First Avenue.
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The
pack finally started to string out a little more as
the leaders headed up First Avenue.
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Rodgers
Rop, Martin Lel, Christopher Cheboiboch and Elly Rono
break away.
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