Over 800 Expected to Run New York City Marathon Barefoot

The NYC Marathon (ING New York City Marathon) is a major annual marathon whose course runs through all five boroughs of New York. It is one of the largest marathons in the world, with about 44,000 finishers in 2009.

Along with the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon, it is among the pre-eminent long-distance annual running events in the United States and is one of the World Marathon Majors.  For the first time, it is expected that a significant group will be running barefoot.  Running groups are expecting over 800 barefoot runners.