Daylight Saving Time, sometimes called incorrectly by the plural Daylight Savings Time, ends on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023 (11/05/23). It marks the day when clocks 'fall back' one hour, giving runners in the New York City Marathon an extra hour of sleep on the morning of the iconic race.
That means an extra hour for sleep, or maybe fitful rest, for 50,000 runners in advance of a 26.2-mile race thatFor his first New York City Marathon last year, Ben Lyons of Morristown said he got up around 5 a.m.. But, due to the onset of
At 6:35 a.m., runners were already are gathering at Fort Wadsworth awaiting the start of the New York City Marathon in Staten Island, New York, on Nov. 6, 2022.New York City Marathon participation has grown so large that start times range from 8 a.m. for professional wheelchair athletes, to 11:30 a.m. for the fifth and final wave of athletes.
Mark Washburne, of Mendham, ran his first New York City Marathon in 1985, when the race was Oct. 27. His sixth and most recent finish was in 2016, after the end of Daylight Saving Time.There is a downside to gaining that extra hour of sleep. The end of Daylight Saving Time brings an earlier sunset — 4:48 p.m. in New York City on Nov. 5. That means some athletes, particularly those in the 11:30 a.m. wave to start the race, will be crossing the finish line in Central Park well after dark.