There are several ways to get one of the nearly 60,000 spots in the marathon. Here’s a list of the options. By Jennie Coughlin You’ve watched the New York City Marathon runners. Maybe you know some.

How the 1,760-yard distance survived the metric takeover – and some of the historic mile moments we’ve seen so far The mile is just like the 1500m – but not. Measuring 1609.34m, or 1760 yards, the ...