Homework - Marathon!

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New York City (11/7/2010) - After months of training, thousands of runners who traveled from across the globe made their way through the five boroughs Sunday as they took part in the 2010 ING New York City Marathon.

The 26.2 mile -- which featured runners from over 100 countries -- kicked off on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Bridge.

Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia won the men's title.

It was his first try at the marathon.

Another Ethiopian man was the favorite, but world-record holder Haile Gebrselassie pulled out at the 16-mile mark with an apparent right knee injury.


Kenya's Edna Kiplagat won the women's race for her first major marathon championship.
Chilean miner Edison Pena and some NY1 staffers -- including Brooklyn Reporter Jeanine Ramirez, Bronx Reporter Dean Meminger, and Health Reporter Kafi Drexel -- were among the more than 43,000 runners competing.

Race organizers say this year's participants collected roughly $1 million per mile to benefit more than 190 different groups.

"There are so many people out here doing the same thing, running for charities all over the city, the country, all over the world and and it's New York at its best coming together," Drexel said.

"I've run two 13 miles, a 15 mile, a 16 mile, and a 20 mile. The 20 mile almost killed me but I said I'm not going to go the whole 26 until race day, but I think I'm ready for it," Meminger said.

The marathon course weaved its way through Brooklyn and Queens, crossed into Manhattan, turned around in the Bronx, and wrapped up in Central Park -- giving an estimated 2.5 million spectators plenty of chances to cheer along the way.

Questions:
1. Where did the story take place?
2. When did the story take place?
3. Who was the men's title?
4. Who won the women's title?
5. How many miles long was the race?
6. How much money did the runners raise?