The Marathon Project returns this weekend, marking its first edition since 2020, when the event was staged amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s race promises to be something entirely different. More than just a marathon, The Marathon Project aims to deliver a full-scale experience—one that prioritizes both elite performance and fan engagement.

NEW YORK -- As Joyceline Jepkosgei strode up West Drive in Central Park, fans cheering and her vanquished competitors nowhere in camera view, the world bore witness, on the biggest stage in the sport, to a changing of the guard.