Visualizing the ING NYC Marathon

VISUALIZING THE ING NYC MARATHON Race temperature 70° High & Low 70° 50° 50° 30° 20° 10° Male Winner FIinishing Time Difference between male/female finish times 50m Number of 50,000 runners Grete Waltz was the fastest woman nearly 9 consecutive times between 1978 and 1990 ING by gender *10 40,000 30,000 *00 '90 20,000 08. 10,000 70 Male/Fo male Ratio: PRIZES & REWARDS ING begins to sponsor the marathon in 2003 Marathon Course $130,000 186 goes to the. AWARDS FROM MALE & FEMALE Tiffany & Co. WINNERS ARE GIVEN AWAY STATEN Original course lapped Central Park four times ISLAND FINISH MANHATTAN For a faw brief days laading up to t Marathon, the Verraz ano-Narrows Bridge becomes home to the longest urinal in the world. At 290 foat long, it was built for the 1998 NYC Marathon. One of the most difficult parts of the race, the 59th Street Brldge ch runnors with its 1,135 metors of covere d, chilly darkness. All worth it: as runners exit on Manhattar's Ist Avanue, they are ....... groa ta d by the loudest crowd of spectators anyw here along the course START 38 Dozens of pubs and bars along Manhattan's Ist Avenue saction of the course openearly for the avent. spactator crowds are at their thist here. BRONX Photo: Eimondorg thickest MEDICAL STATIONS Downtown Brooklyn Long Island CIty 14,000 Williamsburg- North 12,530 Clincon Hill ADHESIVE BANDAGES QUEENS 1,694 POUNDS OF ICE Williamsburg- South PORTA BLE TOILETS BROOKLYN *2011 NUMBERS visual.ly 100 888888