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NYC Marathon: Girls On Top
Girls On Top, a New York City-based cover band, has acted as a musical cheering section for marathon runners for the past six years.
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NYC Marathon: Inspired Long Island City
Thousands of people cheered, clapped and jangled little pink bells in support of New York City Marathon runners on 11th Street and 48th Avenue in Long Island City.
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NYC Marathon: A neighborhood comes to life
Although levels of enthusiasm and personal investment varied among members of the crowd, a plethora of whistles, Haitian flags, instruments, dancers and neon signs—with slogans ranging from “Beer Run?” to “Almost There”—let the runners know that the Clinton Hill community cared. Some people even dressed in costumes or danced along the sidelines.
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NYC Marathon: Punk rock in Park Slope
Steel Wolf, a self-proclaimed “loud rawk” band from Long Island, entertained marathon spectators in Park Slope, Brooklyn with their crude and humorous blend of punk rock.
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NYC Marathon: Champion backwards runner cheers in Harlem
Ernest Conner, 66, set the first world record for running backwards at the 1980 New York City Marathon.
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NYC Marathon: Waiting for their runners
This year, 150 racers participated on behalf of Get Kids Going, a British charity that provides sports wheelchairs and personal training to disabled children.
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NYC Marathon: Cowbells in Gowanus
Cowbells clanged in celebration from every direction to welcome the marathon runners to Gowanus, Brooklyn.
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NYC Marathon: ‘Important spot to cheer’
St. Anthony’s Church is considered a “photo-op” at the 20K mark and comes right before the runners cross the Polanski Bridge into Queens.
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NYC Marathon: British chicken with a cause
With each feathered step, the London native raised more money for leukemia research at facilities throughout the United Kingdom and the U.S.
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NYC Marathon: Navajo vibe in Bay Ridge
Parked in front of a gas station in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, members of The Awakening Live jazz band jammed between miles two and four of the New York City Marathon.