In summation to drafting the champion runners successful the world, the New York City Marathon besides attracts immoderate large names successful popular culture. Celebrities from the sports, television, music, and movie satellite each strap connected their shoes and bash their champion to enactment hydrated portion moving the 402.195 km/26.2 miles done each 5 boroughs. Ahead of the Nov. 6 event, New York Road Runners — the enactment that aims to “help and animate radical done running, serves runners of each ages and abilities done races, assemblage runs, walks, training, virtual products, and different running-related programming” – announced the deepest personage tract to date.
Arguably the biggest names moving successful 2022 are Ashton Kutcher, Ellie Kemper, and Lauren Ridloff. All 3 are besides moving for a bully cause: Ashton’s moving to rise wealth for Thorn, the nonprofit helium started with his ex, Demi Moore, successful 2012; Ellie is moving for The Brotherhood Sister Sol; and Lauren is moving to rise funds for PS 347, the American Sign Language and English little schoolhouse successful New York. Other celebs are moving for foundation – and immoderate for fittingness – truthful cheque retired the afloat database below.
The 2022 variation of the New York City Marathon sees the contention instrumentality to its afloat glory. The contention was canceled successful 2020 owed to the COVID-19 pandemic, and successful 2021, pandemic precautions constricted the fig of competitors to 33,000. In 2022, 50,000 racers are expected to start. How galore implicit the contention remains to beryllium seen. Will immoderate of the pursuing celebs transverse the line? Tune successful connected Nov. 6 to find out.
Ellie Kemper
Ellie Kemper volition tally successful 2022 for The Brotherhood Sister Sol, “a Black-led nonprofit educating young people, organizing for justness and equity, and grooming the tract since 1995.” Ellie shared an update connected her grooming connected Oct. 24. “Some of america Marathoners are fueled by hope…..some by a dream….but me? My motor runs connected COLD HARD CASH. Consider a donation to @brosis512 and assistance maine alert (briskly walk?) crossed the boroughs connected Nov 6th!!! Link successful bio.”
Ashton Kutcher
Ashton trained with Peloton and teacher Becs Gentry to get acceptable for the race. He utilized Peloton’s Marathon Training Program to get acceptable due to the fact that helium had “never tally a marathon before. I’m terrified.” He volition tally to rise funds and consciousness of Thorn, his nonprofit that fights kid enactment postulation and kid enactment abuse.
Lauren Ridloff
“I can’t instrumentality a decent photograph portion moving but this volition do!” Lauren Ridloff of The Walking Dead wrote connected Oct. 4. “This photograph is important to me. This is my joy, my feel-good moment. I americium moving the NYC Marathon for charity. And I privation to stock that joyousness with you…make a donation (link successful bio) to enactment this mighty small schoolhouse @ps347asl successful NYC and consciousness GOOD!! Love to all.”
Claire Holt
Claire Holt of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals is moving successful 2022. She volition tally to enactment Boston’s Children’s Hospital.
Matt James
There volition beryllium much than roses waiting for Matt James at the extremity of the New York City Marathon. The Bachelor star volition tally to enactment ABC Food Tours, a nonprofit enactment “dedicated to connecting underserved communities with opportunities for advancement.
Nev Schulman
This isn’t portion of Catfish: Nev Schulman will instrumentality to the NYC Marathon. After competing successful 2021, the Catfish host returns to assistance rise wealth for NYRR Team For Kids.
Tiki Barber
Tiki Barber, a predominant marathon runner, returns to assistance rise wealth for NYRR Team For Kids.
Pia Wurtzbach
Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach is moving successful the 2022 marathon. “I faced a batch of setbacks the past fewer months…” she wrote connected Oct. 9. “I was disquieted I couldn’t bash the marathon anymore cos I got sick doubly and antecedently got Covid. I missed grooming days and immoderate of those indispensable agelong runs truthful I was truly worried. My show suffered. I couldn’t get the mileage in, and I was slower than before.”
“When you miss those agelong runs oregon you neglect astatine reaching goals during training, you get truthful disappointed successful yourself to the constituent of wanting to springiness up,” she added. “But but but…with the close guidance, enactment and A LOT of determination, I’M BACK.”
TJ Holmes
TJ Holmes, the cohost of GMA3: What You Need To Know, volition tally successful the 2022 marathon. “13.1 … and inactive smiling,” helium posted successful May. “Guess I’m a runner now. ;-) And @nyrr, I conjecture I’ll spot you successful November for the #nycmarathon! (Maybe) #rbcbrooklynhalf.”
Amy Robach
Amy Robach, another cohost of GMA3, volition vie successful the marathon. This volition beryllium her 3rd clip moving passim the 5 boroughs. “Marathon fig 3 with my champion girl… can’t ideate crossing a decorativeness enactment without you @nikespina… @nycmarathon present we come,” she captioned an Instagram post she published connected Oct. 9.
Sierra Boggess
Broadway histrion Sierra Boggess is running successful the 2022 marathon to rise wealth for Cancer Support Community, a foundation that provides personalized crab enactment escaped of charge. She volition tally alongside her sister, Allegra Boggess. ”
Casey Neistat
Youtuber and filmmaker Casey Neistat will propulsion himself to the bounds this year. The contented creator volition tally successful the 2022 marathon.
Monica Puig
Former tennis subordinate Monica Puig will permission the racket down erstwhile she runs connected Nov. 6, 2022. “There are moments I wanted to stop, moments I wanted to cry, and moments wherever I thought I couldn’t bash this,” she wrote connected Oct. 14, “but my caput has gotten truthful overmuch stronger than my assemblage these past fewer months, and that made maine SO DAMN PROUD! I’m beyond acceptable to telephone myself a marathon runner successful a fewer weeks and I person ne'er loved myself oregon my assemblage much than I bash successful this infinitesimal due to the fact that each obstacle has pb maine to here! Get ready, New York.”
Meghan Duggan
Meghan Duggan is already a winner, having secured a golden medal arsenic portion of the United States Women’s Hockey Team during the 2018 Olympics. Now, she volition tally successful the New York City Marathon to payment the Women’s Sports Foundation, an enactment moving to grow entree and opportunities for women and girls successful sports.
Ryan Briscoe
Ryan Briscoe is utilized to races – but down the steering wheel. The nonrecreational contention car operator volition ditch his 4 tires for a brace of shoes erstwhile helium runs successful the 2022 marathon.