New York City Marathon

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The New York City Marathon By Rose Feuer

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A retrospective of the New York City Marathon

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The New York City Marathon

By Rose Feuer

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• 26.2 miles• Begins in Staten Island, runs

through Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and ends in Manhattan

• Began in 1970 (Central Park)• Expanded in 1976 (Citywide)

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General Overview Sources

• Index/searching terms:– Marathon– Running– New York City Marathon– New York Road Runners

Club– Fred Lebow– “Marathon AND New

York”

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Multi-Subject Monographs

The American Marathon• About American

marathons in general, but includes a section on the New York City Marathon

• Includes notable events not mentioned elsewhere

The New York City Marathon: Twenty-Five Years

• Especially notable for its pictures

• Examinations of each year the marathon was run, famous runners, and the neighborhoods it traverses

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1970: The Origin of the New York City Marathon

• Best Source: The Historical New York Times

• Not really a focus of the news at that time

• Won by Gary Muhrcke (picture to left)

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Women in the Marathon: The Early Days

• Amateur Athletic Union prohibited female participation until 1972

• Best Source: The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates

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1976: Racing Through All Five Boroughs

• Allowed as part of the bicentennial celebrations

• Best source: The Historical New York Times

• Also: The Encyclopedia of New York State

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The Modern New York City Marathon

• Best Source: the Internet

• Official Site: nycmarathon.org

• The New York City Marathon Cookbook

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Fred Lebow: Founder and Organizer

• The force behind the marathon

• Anything for a T-shirt (biography) and Inside the World of Big-Time Marathoning (autobiography)

• Various obituaries and biographical sources

• Run For Your Life

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Notable Runners

• Grete Waitz, Bill Rodgers: multiple winners

• Notable runners who didn’t win (Huckabee, the man with a false leg)

• Various articles, sections of books

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