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NYRR Ted Corbitt 15K

08:008:00 AM New York
Central Park
Central Park. Photograph by Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 2026 race is the 18th annual Ted Corbitt 15K in Central Park, held in honour of Ted Corbitt (1919 to 2007), who ran more than 170,000 miles and set standards for course measurement.

The course in short 2 lines
  • A race named for the man who measured coursesThe 18th Ted Corbitt 15K, in Central Park, in his honour.
  • A Saturday 8:00 start in Central ParkSaturday 5 December, 8:00 AM, a 9+1 qualifier.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseLandmarkA race named for the man who measured coursesThe 18th Ted Corbitt 15K, in Central Park, in his honour.

Corbitt was the first president of New York Road Runners, the first African American to compete in the Olympic marathon and an ultramarathon pioneer. His legacy, in the organiser’s words, includes setting standards for course measurement and age-group competition. Finishers receive a commemorative medal in his honour, and every participant receives a New Balance long-sleeve tri-blend T-shirt.

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Whole courseTacticsA Saturday 8:00 start in Central ParkSaturday 5 December, 8:00 AM, a 9+1 qualifier.

The 15K is a 9+1 program qualifier, scored, with club points and finisher medals. Race numbers, which include the timing tag, are collected at the NYRR RUN Center featuring the New Balance Run Hub at 320 West 57th Street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues. Bag check takes clear plastic bags only, no larger than 17 by 20 by 7 inches.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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1 gel for New York, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.5mile 4.7

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side. Enough for race day and two test long runs.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

Order by 14 November to test them on two long runs first.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

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Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
15.0 km9.3 mi

Race week

Timetable

Saturday 5 December Race day

  1. 08:008:00 AM

    15K start Central Park

Times as published by the organiser, in New York time, checked .

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Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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