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New York Road Runners (NYRR) is a non-profit running organization based in New York City whose mission is to help and inspire people through running. It was founded in 1958 by Ted Corbitt with 47 members and has since grown to a membership of more than 60,000. As of 2012, it was considered to be the premier running organization in the United ...
The Self-Transcendence 6- & 10-day Race are two concurrent multiday running events, held in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, a large public park in the borough of Queens in New York City. The course is one mile (1.6 km) long. [1] They are held annually in April and organized by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. [2] [3] [4]
Founded in 1958, the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) is the oldest and largest distance running organization in the United States with over 1,500 running club and event members representing 200,000 individual runners active in their running communities.
Some are New York first-timers and others are seasoned 26.2-ers. Randall Park This award-winning actor is running to support Kulture City , an organization that helps people with special needs .
She then won the 2023 New York City Marathon in 2:27:23, becoming the first woman since 1989 to win both races in the same year. [10] At the 2024 Boston Marathon, Obiri won her second straight Boston marathon beating second place finisher, Sharon Lokedi, by eight seconds in a time of 2:22:37. [11]
The TCS New York City Marathon is about to kick off and the Big Apple is already buzzing. Tens of thousands of runners from across the globe will take to the streets Sunday, Nov. 3, traveling 26.2 ...
Ted Corbitt (January 31, 1919 – December 12, 2007) [2] [3] [4] was an American long-distance runner. The first African-American to run the marathon at the Summer Olympics (the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland) and the founding president of New York Road Runners, Corbitt is often called "the father of American long distance running."
In May 2007 she gained publicity by being the first woman finisher at the Frederick Marathon, in a women's course record of 2 hours 53 minutes 44 seconds, racing in a bikini rather than conventional running kit. [8] [9] In July 2010 Shelton won the Deseret News Marathon in a time of 2:54:23.