Leon is a lifetime Cubs fan and said he will try to emulate their team motto on Sunday which is, "'We never quit' and 'Try not to suck!'"

A race in Zurich, a flight to NYC and another race in less than 48-hours for Jenny Simpson, Emma Coburn, Kate Grace, Laura Muir and Stephanie Garcia.

GA&M president Mark Wetmore: "It’s been a great run on Randall’s Island, New York, and now we’re looking ahead to producing a new event. As we look forward, we believe that changing our focus to a street meet is one way to make the event attractive to a younger audience."  

The adidas GP has opted out of hosting a DL meet and will now be replaced on the IAAF schedule by Rabat, giving Africa its first DL meet.

The release says it is a "new twist" on the original indoor marathon from 1906 in Madison Square Garden. Looks like it will be all relay races, so no one will run a full marathon. *MB Archives: Has a lapped runner ever come back to win a race?

Huddle won last year in a CR 68:31 and this will be Ben True's half-marathon debut.

Alexi Pappas and Ashley Higginson head women's field.

He's running with his wife for charity.

The runners must average 59.6 miles per day – for 52 straight days. Aalto finished in a little over 40-days. The entire race is held on a high school campus in NYC, the course being open from 6AM to midnight each day. Crazy.

Serena Burla leads the Americans.

Leonard Korir and Abdi Abdirahman are also in the field. The women are led by Joyce Chepkirui who faces Mamitu Daska, Mary Wacera, Gladys Cherono and Gemma Steel.

The last time Bolt raced in NYC was at this meet in 2008 and he set his first WR with 9.72 in the 100.

"No one could ever forget their first World Record, and I will never forget the crowd in New York that night. They had to wait for an hour during a thunderstorm delay before our race, and I don’t think a single person left the stadium. They deserved a great performance, and I’m glad I was able to give it to them. I’m looking forward to running in New York again.”

The deep field also includes Joyce Chepkirui, Buzunesh Deba and Annie Bersagel.

Stephen Sambu faces a field of top Americans, including Meb Keflezighi, Dathan Ritzenhein, Abdi Abdirahman, Matt Tegenkamp and, in their debuts, Chris Solinsky and Andrew Bumbalough.

Last year, Huddle made her debut at NYC with 1:09:04.

Article includes some other interesting stats and list of celebrity finishers.