2026 NEW YORK CITY MARATHON PREVIEW

The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show · Oct 27, 2026 · 1h 43m

More than 50,000 runners will take on the five boroughs on Sunday, Nov. 1, and the professional races are shaping up to be fascinating.

In this episode, we discuss:

- Defending champion Benson Kipruto looks to become the first man to win back-to-back NYC titles since Geoffrey Mutai.

- Andreas Almgren makes his marathon debut after winning the World Half Marathon Championships in a European record of 58:06.

- American record holder Conner Mantz returns to the marathon after a year disrupted by two sacral stress fractures.

- Zouhair Talbi arrives with a 2:03:45 personal best from Boston and…