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The 2012 New York City Marathon will be shown on live national television for the first time in nearly 20 years as part of a new five-year partnership with ABC and ESPN.

Wilton's Jeff Ragazzini finished second among Connecticut men in Sunday's ING New York City Marathon.

On Sunday, over 40,000 people from across the globe will be taking part in the New York City Marathon.

"People say to me, 'Oh, you should be really careful and just race there or don't race at all in the buildup,"' the marathon world-record holder said Friday.

On Sunday over 40,000 people from across around the world will be taking part in the New York City Marathon.

On Sunday, over 40,000 people from across the globe will be taking part in the New York City Marathon.

On Sunday, over 40,000 people from across the globe will be taking part in the New York City Marathon.

On Nov. 6 more than 40,000 men and women from around the world will take part in the New York City Marathon.

Defending women's champ Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia smiled when somebody noted her history of winning gold medals stretches back even farther than that of countryman Haile Gebrselassie.

Edison Pena has prepared for the New York City Marathon like no other competitor: running each morning and afternoon in steel-tipped electrician's boots that he cut down to ankle-high shoes.