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The 37,899 finishers - out of 38,356 starters - in the Nov. 2 ING New York City Marathon included 208 finishers (120 men, 88 women) from North Carolina. All are listed below.

The overall champion was Marilson Gomes Dos Santos of Brazil, who finished with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 43 seconds. Second was Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco in 2:09:07. Kenya’s Daniel Rono in 2:11:22, Kenya’s Paul Tergat in 2:13:10 and Morocco’s Abderrahime Bouramdane in 2:13:33 rounded out the top five.

The women’s champion was Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain with a time of 2:23:56. Second was Ludmila Petrova of Russia in 2:25:43, and she was followed by American Kara Goucher or Oregon in 2:25:53, Rita Jeptoo of Kenya in 2:27:49 and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya in 2:29:14.

Here are the finishers from North Carolina, provided by the New York Road Runners via The Associated Press:

Triangle runners top field of 3,850 in City of Oaks Marathon and Half-Marathon

Marathoners Heather Davis and John Crews ran to victories over a challenging, hilly course and bested a field of 1,000 marathoners in the second annual Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon and Rex Healthcare Half Marathon on a sunny Nov. 2 morning in Raleigh.

Sunshine eased the morning chill as 3,850 entrants — including 3,198 who finished their races — from around the Triangle and across the nation crossed the starting line on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus at 7 a.m. for the event that raised money for area and national charities and also paid prize money to the top finishers.

Fall is prime running season in the Triangle, and road races about. Most are 5K distances, but there also are longer races. Most events are conducted to raise funds for charities.
This running season, speed has been a theme. Racers are breaking lots of course and state records.
Complete results for many area races can be found on the Young & Associates Web site, www.runnc.com. Young & Associates is one of primary road race organizers in the region, providing planning and timing services. Owner Jim Young provided the reports on the races below.
If you have announcements or results for other road races, be sure to post them on the Play! Recreational Sports Page. You also can find a list of races in the Play! Recreational Sports Calendar. 

Before you go to an outdoor sports event this weekend, be sure to check to see that it hasn't been postponed. Wet weather is affected to affect the area as Tropical Storm Hannah arrives and Hurricane Ike potentially threatens. Storm coverage and updates on postponements and cancellations can be found at newsobserver.com. Events also will be updated in the Play! Recreational Sports Calendar as they are received. If you have a postponement or cancellation, e-mail play@newsobserver.com and also post on the Play! Recreational Sports Page. Be sure to use the green bars in the MIDDLE of the page and ignore the vertical menu on the left so your announcements will be posted to the Play! page and not elsewhere.

A half-marathon, about 13.1 miles, isn't a commonly run distance - 5K races are by far more common - so when a half-marathon race is offered, runners turn out.
Dozens of host of runners from North Carolina were among the more than 16,000 entrants in the eight annual Rock 'n' Roll Half-Marathon at Virginia Beach, Va., on Sunday.
Two runners from North Carolina won their age divisions.
Gary Moss, 58, of Raleigh finished 98th overall and first in the men's 55-59 age division in 1 hour, 27 minutes, 27 seconds.
Dustin Hicks, 23, of Boone was 31st overall and won the men's 18-24 division in 1:15:27. Just behind Hicks in 32nd overall was Nicholas Defelice, 24, of Chapel Hill in 1:16:04.
The top female finisher from North Carolina was Randy Stockbridge, 25, of Chapel Hill, who was 73rd overall, 15th among women and second in the women's 25-29 age division.
The men's and women's professional titles went to runners from Kenya, according to an event news release.
In the men's race, James Kwambai, who also won the race in 2006, finished in 1:02:11, well ahead of Ethiopia's Tadesse Tola, who finshed in 1:02:33.
In the women's race, Edith Masai of Kenya came from behind to win the women's division in 1:12:54, beating American Katie McGregor, who ran 1:13.04.
Chad Johnson, of Charlestown, Ind., won the men’s wheelchair race in 50:01, and Kelsie Kell of Fredericksburg, Va., won the women’s chair race in 1:19:51.
The race started with 16,445 runners and walkers on an oceanfront course that featured more than 20 live bands and cheerleaders at each mile.
And 6,000 miles and seven zones away, more than 800 soldiers at Joint Base Balad in Iraq conducted their own Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in collaboration with race in Virginia Beach, an area with a strong military history and presence.

Around the Triangle, philanthropy wears running shoes.

All it takes is a slight cooling of the weather in late summer or a slight warming in late winter, and the announcements for road races start rolling in. Nearly every race is conducted to raise money to benefit a nonprofit organization or a special cause. If you don't run, you still can help - just send a check or donate online.

Runners of all experience levels participate, and many events offer walks for non-runners and short races or activities for the younger set. Dogs have their day, too.

For the highly competitive runner, the races offer plenty of competition, too. Events such as the City of Oaks Marathon and the Magnificent Mile even offer cash purses.