What It Takes

Published by ESPN on October 30, 2013

The New York City Marathon is set to wind through the city's five boroughs on Nov. 3. Who's running and what exactly goes into putting on the world's biggest marathon? A look at the mind-blowing numbers:

- France, Germany and Italy ranks 2-3-4 after the United States in geography of participants

- There are 80 official event photographers along the course

- How many portable toilets do you think there are? Seriously big number!