2027 New York City Marathon: 12 weeks of training from August 16, workout by workout on your Garmin
Race day is Sunday, November 7, 2027; the 12-week plan timed for that date starts on Monday, August 16, or on July 19 in its 16-week version. In two minutes, Running Workout connects your AI assistant to Garmin: it sends each week's workouts to your watch, target paces included, and analyzes your race once you finish.
Last updated: November 8, 2026
TCS New York City Marathon
Sun, November 7, 2027
363 days
to race day
- Distance
- 26.2 mi
- Entry
- Drawing, dates to be announced
- Course
- All five boroughs
Plan starts: Mon, August 16 (12 weeks)
Train for November 7Free to start · official Garmin connection
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Once your Garmin is connected, paste one of these into Claude or ChatGPT:
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« Build my 12 weeks of training for the NYC Marathon on November 7, 2027, with 5 runs a week and hill work for the bridges. »
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« Send a hill workout to my watch for Thursday: 15 min warm-up, 6 × 90 s uphill, jog back down, 10 min cool-down. »
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« Analyze my NYC Marathon from November 1, 2026: pace on each bridge, heart-rate drift, and what I should change for 2027. »
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Your training, timed for November 7
The plan lasts 12 weeks, starting on Mon, August 16. With more time, it can start on July 19 with 4 lead-in weeks.
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Weeks 1–3
Base
Aug 16 → Sep 5
Settle volume, wake threshold up
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Weeks 4–7
Development
Sep 6 → Oct 3
Marathon pace comes in, long runs get longer
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Weeks 8–10
Specific
Oct 4 → Oct 24
Long blocks at marathon pace, 2-hour-plus runs
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Weeks 11–12
Taper
Oct 25 → Nov 7
Two weeks to arrive fresh
A course won in the hills
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at the start, the Queensboro Bridge around mile 15 and the final climb in Central Park: New York adds up to nearly 820 feet of climbing, spread over short but sharp bumps. Wind on the bridges can cost the equivalent of 15 seconds per mile.
So your training should include hills. The Running Workout marathon plan does not include them by default: ask your assistant to swap a threshold session for uphill repeats from time to time; it builds the workout and sends it to your watch.
The late start changes the whole day
In 2026, depending on their wave, runners started between 9:10 and 11:30 a.m., after several hours of waiting on Staten Island; the organizers will publish the 2027 start times. Breakfast at 5 a.m. is no longer enough: plan a second light intake an hour before the start, tested in training on a long run.
To rehearse this routine, run two of your last long runs in the late morning, with the breakfast you plan for race day.
Pacing strategy for New York
Forget your Valencia or Berlin time: count 3 to 5 minutes more than your reference, more if the wind is head-on over the bridges. A simple rule: target pace plus 25 seconds per mile to mile 6, target pace afterwards, and accept losing 30 seconds per mile on the Queensboro Bridge without making it up later.
- Miles 1 to 6: target pace + 25 s/mi.
- Miles 7 to 15: target pace.
- Miles 15 to 16 (Queensboro): + 30 s/mi, no catching up.
- Miles 16 to 26.2: target pace, then Central Park by feel.
The descent onto First Avenue is trap number one: the crowd carries you, you speed up, you pay for it at mile 22. The watch with its pace range is your guardrail.
Frequently asked questions
When is the 2027 New York City Marathon?
Sunday, November 7, 2027, according to the official NYRR website. Give this date to your AI coach to set a 12-week plan starting on Monday, August 16, or a 16-week plan from July 19.
Do you need a qualifying time?
No. Most runners get in through the drawing, a charity, a tour operator or the 9+1 program for NYRR members; for 2027, NYRR has not yet given the drawing dates. A qualifying time run at an NYRR race gives guaranteed entry; at another marathon, it only lets you apply for a limited number of places.
What goal should you set in New York?
Your reference time plus 3 to 5 minutes. It is a marathon of experience more than of time: better to finish strong in Central Park than to blow up at mile 22.
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TCS New York City Marathon
November 7 is 363 days away.
The plan is set to that date; your assistant does the rest, week after week.