Edward Norton, Alanis Morissette and More Race to New York City Marathon Finish Line

Celebs hit the pavement to raise money for various charities in the annual Big Apple event

Edward Norton came in first in the New York City Marathon's gold medal on Sunday—in the actors, musicians and performers category, that is.

Norton finished the 26-mile race in an astonishing three hours, forty-eight minutes and one second. The 40-year-old Fight Clubber referred to his first experience as "phenomenal," participating on behalf of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, a Kenya-based charitable organization.

(Also phenomenal: overall winner Meb Keflezighi, who ran the course in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 15 seconds.)

Other celeb-marathoners included ER's Anthony Edwards, who crossed the finish line shortly after Norton, and singer Alanis Morissette, who finished just under four-and-a-half hours.

E!'s own Daily 10 host Sal Masekela ran the race as well, though he fell a bit short of his goal beating Sean "Diddy" Combs' 2003 time. After the race was through, Sal tweeted the news: "Well Tweeps, I let you down. Didn't beat @iamdiddy. Hit a wall from hell at 18. Finished around 5 hrs. Hardest thing I've ever done."

The Strokes bass player Nikolai Fraiture and The Biggest Loser record breaker Tara Costa both pounded the New York pavement as well, finishing just 26-seconds apart at the four hour, 23-minute mark.

Rumored participants Teri Hatcher and daredevil David Blaine were absent from the festivities.

Norton's next run will be on Modern Family, when the star stops by a November episode as a one-hit wonder, has-been musician.