NYRR Fred Lebow Half Marathon

On race day, number pickup will be available from 6:30–8:00 a.m. at Race-Day Central, located near Baseball Field #8 in Central Park. If you pick up your bib on race day, your premium will be available before the race at number pickup. Bib pickup will close 10 minutes after the start time of the race at 8:10 a.m. Runners arriving to pick up their bib after that time will not be issued a bib and will not receive 9+1 credit for the race.

Show your race confirmation email or the QR code from your NYRR account to pick up your race materials. Proxy bib pickup is available for this race, so a friend or family member can pick up your race materials. The person will need the QR code for your NYRR account, along with a form of photo identification that corresponds to your NYRR account. 

Start Location

Course Map

The race starts on East Drive in Central Park just south of the 102nd Street Cross Drive and brings runners over two-plus loops within the park. Participants will run north on East Drive through the Harlem Hills and continue south on West Drive to the lower loop of the park before heading north on East Drive and passing the start line. There will be a SiS Energy Gel Station on the course at Fluid Station #3 (near East 85th Street).

Runners will complete a second loop of the same route, and then run a shortened third loop—a third and final time up and over Harlem Hill—before finishing on the 102nd Street Cross Drive near West Drive.

As they're about to complete the race, runners need to stay to the left when they see the following sign. The right lane will be for runners with a few more miles to go.

We strongly recommend checking mta.info before you travel. You can also message the MTA on WhatsApp.

Bag check will be available at Race-Day Central, near Ballfield #8 in Central Park, starting at 6:30 a.m.

Planning to check a bag on race morning? While we will continue to have clear plastic bags available at number pickup, we encourage you to use your own clear reusable plastic bag, no larger than 17" wide x 20" high x 7" deep, with the tag affixed.

NYRR is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen bags or items from bags checked at NYRR bag check.

For a full list of Prohibited Items, please click here.

Live, unofficial results will be available in the NYRR Racing App and at liveresults.nyrr.org during the event.

After the conclusion of the event, official results will be posted on results.nyrr.org.

Awards will be presented on site to the top-three finishers in the overall men, women, and non-binary divisions. Runners who place in the top-three of their age group will be able to claim an award in the days following the race by filling out our Age-Group Awards Claim Form. 

The NYRR Pace Team members are some of the most experienced runners in New York City and the most knowledgeable runners on the course. They have an average success rate of 96.5% of hitting their target finish time. Pacers will be on hand to guide participants toward specific goal times over the 13.1 miles. Pace Team members will lead groups at various paces between 6:51 per mile and 11:26 per mile (between a 1:30 finish and a 2:30 finish).

If you choose to run with a pace group, you can look for the NYRR Pace Team members in the start corrals wearing their blue-and-white-striped NYRR Pace Team singlets. Each Team member will carry signs that correspond with their respective finish times and paces. There is no fee to run with the pace team or to sign up.

All prize money amounts equal for men, women, and non-binary categories. To be eligible for prize money and time bonuses, a runner must have been a NYRR member for at least three months prior to race day, including the date of the race, and must complete the course in 1 hour, 30 minutes or less. All prize money divisions determined by Gun Time. Eligibility requirements for all prize money and bonuses are available here.

Time Bonuses

A $100 time bonus is available for the men's, women's and/or non-binary's race winners who break the existing event record, based on Gun Time. The bonus is available to the race winner only. An athlete must break, not tie, the record to earn the bonus.

A $100 time bonus is available for the top three finishers under the following standards, based on Net Time.

If NYRR cancels an offering on the direction of local, city, or state authorities, participants will be informed as soon as possible, including communication of participant resolution options. Events will not be rescheduled.

No Refunds: Entry fees are non-refundable and may not be deferred or transferred.