The expo is mandatory administration wrapped in a very effective shopping environment. Get the bib, solve the race-day questions, and leave with your legs intact.
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Confirmed 2026 pickup
Javits Convention Center hosts the expo October 29–31, with entry on 11th Avenue between West 35th and West 36th Streets.
- Thursday and Friday: 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; bib pickup ends 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; bib pickup ends 4:30 p.m.
Choose a pickup slot in your NYRR dashboard; selection closes October 31 at 4 p.m. ET.
What to bring
Bring photo ID and your runner confirmation email. You must collect your own materials; proxy pickup is not allowed.
- Screenshot the confirmation form before entering a crowded building.
- Confirm the shirt size and transportation selection.
- Do not buy anything you plan to race in for the first time.
Keep it under control
Budget for transit, entry queues and pickup. An earlier visit gives you more time to solve an assignment or bib problem.
- Friday is safer than a last Saturday slot.
- Eat before the expo if crowds make you impulse-buy food.
- Save the official merchandise lap for after the bib is secured.
Pickup ends before the building closes. Plan around the bib deadline.
Budget the door-to-door visit
The expo visit includes hotel transit, building entry, pickup, problem solving, optional shopping, and the return trip. Put a limit on the standing and walking rather than treating only the bib counter as the task.
If the support crew wants more time with brands or merchandise, separate after the runner has the bib and all race-day selections are confirmed. The runner can return to the hotel while the crew continues.
- Choose the route with fewer fragile transfers, not simply the shortest map time.
- Carry water, a familiar snack, and only the shopping bag you are prepared to hold.
- Take a seated break before the trip back if standing time exceeded the plan.
Ask accessibility questions before arrival
Travelers who need an accommodation should use NYRR's published accessibility contact and confirm the venue route, entry process, pickup assistance, and support-runner requirements before expo day.
The hotel-to-expo journey is part of accessibility. Verify the station elevators, building entrance, and return route rather than assuming a venue's accessible label solves every transfer.
- Keep accommodation correspondence with the runner confirmation.
- Allow additional time without placing the visit in the final Saturday slot.
- Ask the organizer—not social media—for rules involving guides, support runners, wheelchairs, or medical devices.
Leave with the morning solved
Before leaving, verify the bib details, selected transportation, baggage option, and any runner-guide update that affects your wave. Take a screenshot while the information is in front of you rather than relying on memory at 4 a.m.
The expo should reduce uncertainty. If a purchase, photo line, or brand activation creates more walking or a new race-day experiment, skip it and come back to the city after the finish.
- Set a meeting place outside the busiest expo entrance.
- Carry water and a small familiar snack.
- Return to the hotel before fatigue starts changing dinner decisions.
Continue the plan
Protect the legs after pickupSet the shakeout, step budget, kit check, and separate support-crew Saturday.Edition status
NYRR’s current 2026 pages now confirm Javits expo pickup, assigned transport, start waves and finish exits. Your dashboard and official instructions control. The course atlas remains a labeled 2025 reference trace; it is not an official 2026 map.