Here’s All The Freebies & Discounts NYC Marathon Runners Can Get
The TCS New York City Marathon is set to return Sunday, November 2, and the city is getting ready to celebrate the feat for the runners that complete it! Plenty of NYC businesses are either teaming up with the New York Road Runners (the non-profit that helps organize the race) or hosting promotions themself to help celebrate athletes running!
If you’re participating in the upcoming race, be sure to bookmark this list of freebies & deals that will be available to you (with your medal or bib!) around race week. We’ll be constantly updating too as more get announced.
1. Free/discounted museum & attractions access
The TCS New York City Marathon runners can receive special discounts and waived admission fees at certain cultural institutions this year! Check them out below:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (26% off admission on Nov 4 by showing medal)
- The Museum of Modern Art (Free admission on Nov 4 from 10:30 am – 5:30 pm with medal + 15% off in museum store)
- Whitney Museum of American Art (20% off Nov 2 – 4)
- Guggenheim Museum ($5 off admission from Nov 8 – Dec 31 with code RUNTOTHEGUGG)
- One World Observatory (50% off tickets plus 20% off for up to 5 guests through Dec 19 with code NYRR2024)
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum (10% tickets from Nov 2 – 10 with code NYCRR911)
- Jackie Robinson Museum ($3 off from Oct 31 – Nov 30 with code NYRR)
- SUMMIT One Vanderbilt (20% off from Oct 30 – Nov 7 with code NYRR2024)
2. Discounted Broadway tickets
Any runners out there big fans of Broadway?! Because this year you can check out two different shows (The Lion King or Aladdin) at a special discounted rate! Both shows are happening on Marathon Monday (the day after), and runners can book an experience that includes special ticket rates, a post-show cast Q&A, a welcome gift, and a Disney Dollars shopping voucher. Learn more and snag them before they’re all gone here!
3. Free bowl of pasta at Ai Fiori
Runners can stop by Ai Fiori, a Midtown Italian gem of a restaurant and score a free appetizer portion of Campanelle – all they have to do is show their race number! The tasty dish is Ai Fiori’s hand-crafted pasta with bright pesto Genovese, hearty summer beans, and a slight crunch of pistachio!
Where: 400 5th Ave #2
4. Free burger at Shake Shack
The New York Road Runners has teamed up with Shake Shack at the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon to offer runners various brand activations throughout NYC. Runners can earn a free ShackBurger with their bib at all New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut Shake Shack locations, a cheer zone in Williamsburg, and fun giveaways at select NYC Shacks including the 1700 Broadway location.
5. Free medal engraving + 15% off at Arc’teryx Flatiron
Runners can stop by the Arc’teryx Flatiron on November 4 (the day after the race) and receive a complimentary medal engraving between the hours of 11 am – 6 pm! Shoppers can also enjoy a 15% discount on any item in the store as well. Runners looking to stop by are asked to RSVP via their website before showing up!
6. A free margarita, beer or wine glass at Conmigo NYC (+ a speciality pasta dish)
This Mexican restaurant is welcoming NYC Marathon runners with a specialty dish and even a free alcoholic beverage to celebrate! Conmigo NYC on the Upper East Side is serving up a speciality pasta Marathon dish, Sopa Seca, for all carbo loading needs this week and even offering a free Margarita, beer or glass of wine to those who present their medals (November 3rd – 9th).
Where: 1685 1st Ave
7. A free beer at Clinton Hall
Stop by one of NYC’s plentiful Clinton Hall locations on Marathon Sunday to receive your celebratory free beer with bib or medal! See all the locations and consider reserving a table beforehand!
Where:
FiDi (90 Washington St.)
36th Street (16 W. 36th Street)
E. 51st Street (230 E. 51st)
The Bronx (601 E. 189th St.) l
8. Specialty priced cocktails and live music at Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall’s Williamsburg location is hosting a Marathon party for runners on November 3rd, where athletes and race watchers alike can sip specially crafted $12 cocktails (like the Runners Juice—Pimms, gin, Fernet, lemon, cucumber and ginger beer—or the Rocket Fuel—tequila, lime, grapefruit, agave and prosecco—and listen to live music starting at 9 am.
Where: 292 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn
9. Free Marathon cookie at William Greenberg Desserts
Get a taste of that sweet Black and White cookie at William Greenberg Desserts, who’s giving away a free Marathon cookie to runners who present their gib or medal during Marathon weekend!
Where:
10. TBA goodies for 2024 (based on previous years)
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While we still await for 2024’s official promotions, here’s some we expect to come back again this year from previous occassions:
- Lululemon: 25% off your purchase with your medal
- Gray’s Papaya: Free hot dog for marathon runners
- Levain Bakery: Free cookie for marathon runners
- New York or Nowhere: Free hats for marathon runners on following Monday
- Magnolia Bakery: Free cupcake for marathon runners
- Marathon Coffee: Free coffee for marathon runners the following Monday
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