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Fultz won the 1976 Boston Marathon in extreme heat with a time of 2:20:19. The temperature was 100 degrees one hour before the noon start time in Hopkinton, Massachusetts . Over the 26.2-mile (42.2 km) course, runners were cooled by water sprayed by spectators using garden hoses.
The Catoctin Mountain Park Run was a 10K run (6.2 miles) organized by the Jimmy Carter administration in September 1979. The event was set up by the White House to give Carter a chance to run a competitive road race without the security risk of a third-party organizer.
Map of the 1976 U.S. presidential election, blue represents Carter winning that state/district, red represents Ford winning that state, light red represents Reagan received a vote. On November 2, 1976, Ford lost the election to Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter. Carter won 297 electoral votes and 50.1% of the popular vote while Ford only received ...
Drayton also set a world record on the track for the 10-mile run in 1970 in 46:37.6, and was the top Canadian in the men's marathon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 1972 marathon included defending champion Frank Shorter of the United States, silver medalist Karel Lismont of Belgium, and eighth-place finisher Jack Foster of New Zealand.
It’s a solid win, but in the lower half of US presidential elections. It was a better showing than either his or Joe Biden’s 306 electoral votes in 2016 and 2020, respectively.
The recount will be held at 9 a.m. Friday in the Assembly Room of the Marathon County Courthouse, 500 Forest St., according to Thursday afternoon news release from the Marathon County clerk's office.
Joe Henderson was born in Illinois [2] and raised in Iowa. [3] He became an avid runner at age 14, and was an Iowa state high school track and cross country champion. [4] He ran for Drake University, then started his writing career at the Des Moines Register in 1966.