There are several ways to get one of the nearly 60,000 spots in the marathon. Here’s a list of the options. By Jennie Coughlin You’ve watched the New York City Marathon runners. Maybe you know some.

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...