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Home > News & events > Fundraising events > TCS New York City Marathon 2025
We are so excited to be able to offer a limited number of places in one of the biggest and best marathons in the world – the TCS New York City Marathon!
Join Team Breakthrough T1D and you could be one of the 56,000 people taking to the streets of New York. The route takes you 26.2 miles through all five of the city’s boroughs, finishing in world-famous Central Park where you will receive that all-important medal.
Be part of something incredible and join Team Breakthrough T1D today!
Sponsorship target: £2,500
Please complete our application form for one of our charity places. Once we have received this, we will endeavour to come back to you with the outcome within two weeks.
Please note, we do not charge a registration fee upfront to secure your place, but you will be expected to pay a registration fee directly to the New York Road Runners. We anticipate this will be around $315 and you will need to pay this at the point of officially registering via their online entry console.
More information will be provided by our Events Team once we have allocated you a place.
Visit the official TCS New York City Marathon website for more information on how to get your own place in this event.
If you are successful in getting a place in the general ballot and would like to support Breakthrough T1D, please complete our Own Place registration form.
Whether you have a charity place or a ballot place, join Team Breakthrough T1D UK and you will receive the following:
*Running tops will be sent out two to three months before the event to all runners who have raised £100 or more for Breakthrough T1D.
Want to know more? Read our New York City Marathon FAQs.
If you have a question we haven’t managed to cover in our FAQs, our friendly Events team are always on hand to help. Email us at events@breakthrought1d.org.uk – we’d love to hear from you!
Join Team Breakthrough T1D for the New York City Marathon 2025!
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From Pall Mall to Downing Street, runners will explore London's landmarks and hidden secrets on a route like no other.
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