For the past 50 years, people from all over the world have taken part in the New York City Marathon. People run for over 26 miles, through five boroughs to get to the finish line. People train for months, even years, leading up to the world-famous event — and that includes A-list celebrities. This event is for everyone, from your neighbor to your favorite actor. But it’s a grueling race, with some running as long as six hours to get to that sought-after finish line.
Stars like Kevin Hart and Alicia Keys have trained to make their way to the top of the race. And many of them do it for charity, helping to raise millions for underprivileged kids and underrepresented communities with their fundraising efforts. This years, stars on that list include Bachelor Nation alums Tayshia Adams, raising money for humanitarian aid organization World Vision and Matt James, raising money for ABC Food Tours and the scholarship program set up in honor of Bachelorette contestant Tyler Cameron’s mom, the Andrea C. Cameron Foundation.
Many celebrities also enjoy sharing their fitness journeys through social media. In 2015, Alicia Keys posted a video to Facebook documenting the day of the marathon, all the way to the breathless, triumphant finish. “This is like one for the books that we said ‘we did it’ and we did it together,” she said in voiceover, per HuffPost. “I never ran the entire city, all five boroughs. This is going to be the first time I see it in a new way.” We love seeing people get excited and feel accomplished after running the historic feat!
From our favorite stars of the 1980s to our favorite singers, so many have done this daring race!
In honor of the 2023 NYC Marathon today, check out which celebrities have run in (and finished) the NYC Marathon.
A version of this article was originally published on Nov 2021.
Amy Robach & T. J. Holmes
For the 2023 NYC marathon, both Amy Robach and T. J. Holmes were seen running together amid the freezing temperatures.
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton was beaming with joy, hugging her parents Bill and Hilary Clinton when she ran the 2021 race and finished it in under four hours. She ran to support the nonprofit City Harvest.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz celebrated after Keys finished the NYC marathon in 2015. She raised money for the Keep a Child Alive charity that provides life-saving drugs to kids and families that cannot afford them.
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson finished the NYC marathon in 2013 to raise money for J/P Haitian Relief Organization to help save lives and bring sustainable programs to the Haitian people.
Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes finished running the NYC Marathon in under six hours and was greeted with a kiss by now ex-husband Tom Cruise.
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke ran the NYC marathon in 2015 with his wife Ryan. They ran to support The Doe Fund, a non-profit that works to break cycles in homelessness, addiction, and criminal recidivism.
Teri Hatcher
Desperate Housewives starlet Teri Hatcher ran the NYC Marathon in 2014 to support Sean Penn’s J/P Haitian Relief Organization.
Diddy
Diddy, real name Sean Combs, ran the marathon in 2003 in a little over four hours. He raised over $2 million in funding for children in need.
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart ran the marathon in 2017, completing a long-time goal of his.
Christy Turlington
Christy Turlington has completed the NYC Marathon quite a few times and in good time. She will enter again this year, raising money again for her maternal health charity, Every Mother Counts.
Karlie Kloss
Karlie Kloss finished the NYC Marathon in 2017. She posted the experience to her YouTube channel.
Mario Lopez
Saved By the Bell star Mario Lopez ran the NYC marathon in 2011. He has been running historic marathons since his first one in 2002.
Uzo Aduba
Orange Is the New Black star Uzo Aduba is a big marathon runner, previously running the Boston Marathon in 2015, the N.Y.C. course in 2013, and most recently she ran the 2019 race in N.Y.C. in under eight hours.
Ryan Reynolds
Back in 2008, Ryan Reynolds ran the entire N.Y.C. marathon in under four hours, raising money for Michael J Fox’s Parkinson’s research foundation in honor of his father.
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