2011 New York City Marathon Results: Mutai Runs Best Race Ever

Runner Geoffrey Mutai broke hearts and shattered records at the 2011 New York City marathon.

He came up huge on arguably the biggest stage in the world for any sport. They call New York the Big Apple, and the expectations are always big.

Mutai ran like a man on a mission, and he has his second record-setting marathon to show for it.

Liz Robbins of the New York Times chronicled Mutai's epic win:

"

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya, the self-coached 30-year-old who shocked the running world to start the season in Boston, made the question rhetorical on Sunday. On a glistening, windless day that seemed made for marathoning, Mutai flew over five New York bridges, surging in the final six miles to shatter a decade-old course record by more than two and a half minutes.

Mutai captured the 2011 New York City Marathon in 2 hours 5 minutes 6 seconds—and the stampede did not stop when he broke the tape. His countryman Emmanuel Mutai, 27 and no relation, finished second in 2:06:28. Tsegaye Kebede, 24, of Ethiopia finished third in 2:07:14.

The official margin of victory, 1:22.31, was the largest in the race since 1992.

"

Before we move on, sit down for a minute and thing about this question:

What can do you in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds?

I guarantee that unless you are Geoffrey Mutai himself, running the New York Marathon is not on that list.

In fact, there are some people who would probably have trouble driving the Marathon in that time-period, especially in New York.

When all is said and done, it was a bright win on the biggest stage in the sport and Mutai ran the best race known to the New York City Marathon, ever.