Radcliffe, 35, has won the race all three times she has entered it, including the past two years in a row.
 
The Bedford runner has not lined-up for a race over 26.2 miles since then because of a serious toe injury and was last month forced to withdraw from the World Championships in Berlin.

Mary Wittenberg, the chief executive of the New York Road Runners Club (NYRRC), who organise the race, confirmed Radcliffe's participation.

She said: "I think the motivating thing here [for Paula] is that no one since Grete Waitz has anyone been in a position to go for four victories here.

"It is very difficult to dominate an event, or even win more than one especially one as competitive as this one, let alone four times."
 

Waitz, a Norwegian revered in New York, won the race nine times between 1978 and 1988.

Wittenberg said: "I think it’s getting more and more challenging for her to keep winning.

"But I think Paula is the ultimate competitor.

"She rises to the major challenges.

"She’s not going to waste an effort.

"The trophy has to make the quest worthwhile."

Radcliffe has so far raced only once this year, winning the New York City Half-Marathon in August.

But she is due to represent Britain in the World Half-Marathon Championships in Birmingham on October 11.


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