NEW YORK – At Sunday's 45th running of the New York City Marathon, favorable conditions might make all the difference for last year's winner Wilson Kipsang of Kenya.
Kipsang won the race, his first New York City Marathon, in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 55 seconds but high winds and 42 degrees on the thermometer kept the former world record holder from breaking the course record of 2 hours, 5 minutes and six seconds set by Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai in 2011.
This year, more agreeable weather means the course record is in sight as Kipsang aims to be the first man to win two consecutive titles since his countryman John Kagwe did it in 1997-1998.