🚨 LIVE: 2026 Abbott Dash To The Finish Line 5K | NYC Marathon Weekend

LIVE from Midtown Manhattan on Saturday, November 1 — the 2026 Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, one day before the TCS New York City Marathon.

More than 11,000 runners start at the United Nations and finish at the TCS New York City Marathon finish line in Central Park. Among them: Olympians, NCAA champions, U.S. national champions, and the defending champions.

Women's field headliners:
• Annie Rodenfels — three-time defending champion, going for her fourth straight Abbott Dash 5K title
• Josette Andrews — 2025 USATF 5K national champion, 6th at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the 5,000m
• Ednah Kurgat — 2023 USATF Cross Country and 6K national champion, Pan American Games bronze medalist in the 10,000m
• Rachael Rudel — newly crowned USATF 20K national champion, fastest American woman ever at the Bolder Boulder 10K (32:46)
• Madie Boreman — 3rd in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships
• Bailey Hertenstein — 2025 NACAC Championships silver medalist in the 5,000m

Men's field headliners:
• Amon Kemboi — defending champion, won last year by one second in his Abbott Dash 5K debut
• Edwin Kurgat — Kenyan Olympian, 4th in the 10,000m at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
• Habtom Samuel — undefeated in his rookie professional season with course records at the Falmouth Road Race and Houston Half Marathon; five-time NCAA champion
• Morgan McDonald — two-time Australian Olympian, four-time NCAA champion, racing for the first time since May
• Arturs Medveds — Latvian national record holder in the road mile, 5K, 10K, and half marathon

Also in the field: former TCS New York City Marathon champions Franca Fiacconi, Meb Keflezighi, Uta Pippig, Paula Radcliffe, and Hendrick Ramaala.

Storylines to watch:
→ Can Annie Rodenfels win her fourth straight Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K?
→ Habtom Samuel makes his NYRR debut after an undefeated rookie season — can he add the Abbott Dash to his course-record collection?
→ Edwin Kurgat returns to NYRR racing for the first time since the 2024 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile

The Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K is in its 10th year as an Abbott-sponsored event, part of marathon weekend tradition.

Course: United Nations headquarters → Central Park finish line
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2026