Cheap Flights to New York (LGA) from UK Airports

Relatively cheap flights to New York have enabled marathon enthusiasts to realise their dream.

The New York Marathon is a race that is on the ‘must do’ list of many running enthusiasts, and now relatively cheap flights to this destination are allowing amateur competitors from all over the world to fulfil their running ambitions.

The New York marathon traditionally takes place on the first Sunday in November. The city’s population of eight million people is swelled by the addition of some 45,000 competitors who will race around the streets of New York's five boroughs: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan before crossing the finishing line in the world-famous Central Park.

Many amateur competitors will combine the marathon with a holiday and will be accompanied by family and friends. They can be a source of great encouragement along the tortuous 26-mile route, especially when their cheers are combined with the two million other spectators that turn out to line the streets and cheer the athletes. The major cheering points are located on Manhattan Island and towards the finish line in Central Park.

Any runners who can then muster the energy to explore the city of New York can indulge in some early Christmas shopping in a city that is regularly voted as one of the top ten Christmas shopping destinations in the world. Other New York tourist clichés include seeing Times Square lit up at night, shopping on Fifth Avenue, watching a show on Broadway, taking a ride in a yellow cab and watching a baseball game.