While many runners tend to wear body-skimming outfits to increase their running performance, we're amazed/impressed with one runner's outift: A Borat-style neon green bathing suit. arvindgrover took this photograph in which you can clearly make out his bib number. Based on that, it appears the runner is 27-year-old Jack Markham of Great Britain, who finished with a time of 4:33:29. And for the truly brave, Flickr user Lori (ldp1109) says she saw Markham many times because he was running near her brother--she has more photographs with front and back views. Related: See more of arvindgrover's less revealing but still great marathon photos here. more ›

More than 38,000 runners ran for over 26 miles in front of a crowd of 2 million-plus spectators spread across the 5 boroughs. Here's more about what happened with race: more ›

Here's the first wave of NYC Marathon photographs from our readers, who have captured a terrific array of participants, spectators, and volunteers. more ›

On a very windy day, Paula Radcliffe, last year's ING NYC Marathon winner, won the women's race today with a time of 2:23:556. Radcliffe had looked to the NYC Marathon as her redemption, after a stress fracture earlier this year and a 23rd place finish at the Beijing Olympics. Second place winner was 40-year-old Ludmila Petrova, the 2000 winner, at 2:25:43 more ›