new york city marathon
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A retrospective of the New York City MarathonTRANSCRIPT
The New York City Marathon
By Rose Feuer
• 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
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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