It's one thing to run with the pack in a city marathon.

He has taken third place for the last two years but is still chasing his first victory in a big city marathon.

His goal was to break three hours in the city marathon this year.

It's considered to be one of the world's top 10 city marathons, and attracted 4517 entrants in 2008.

During the mid-twenties, Anfield was the finishing line for the city marathon.

Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money.

Not only were the majors won by Kenyans, but the course records at every major city marathon were broken too.

She won the 2000 New York City Marathon with the time of 2:25:45 hours.

Alumni have gone on to medal in the Olympics, win big city marathons, and win national championships at the professional level.

As in most city marathons, the wheelchair athletes start the race half an hour before the first phalanx of elite runners sets off.