Description: How the New York City Marathon started and what it is today
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Main features
- Also known as Big Apple
- Running course is 26.2 miles
- Takes 5 hours to complete
- People from all over the globe participate
- Takes place on the first Sunday of Novemeber
- Participation is limited to 37000 entrants
First Event Details
- Organised by New York Road Runners Club
- Organised by Club Presidents Vince Chiappata and Fred Lebow
- First event was held in 1970
- First event had 127 members
Fred Lebow
- Participated in the very first event
- Finished 45th
- Diagnosed with brain cancer
- Ran his last marathon in 1992
- Sculpture of him was created in 1994 by Jesus Dominguez
Recent event details
- Total of 16 miles
- Starts at Staten Island
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