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...early hours of Nov. 1, some 40,000 athletes will gather on Staten Island in New York Harbor for one of the world's largest sporting competitions: the New York City Marathon. This year marks the 40th running of the race, which attracted just 127 competitors for its inaugural event in 1970, held completely within Central Park (only 55 crossed the finish line). Today, the New York marathon traces a path across four bridges and through all five of the city's boroughs; last year, Brazilian runner Marilson Gomes dos Santos won the men's event...
Cinematic classics you secretly cherish are celebrated. The Coolidge’s 9th Annual Halloween Horror Marathon features a range of films, from “The Blob” (1988) to cult classic “Night of the Creeps” (1986).Doors open at 11 p.m., Saturday, October 31. $10 double feature, $20 marathon...
...marathon component certainly posed the biggest hurdle for Munoz, but the sophomore responded with his typical drive to excel. Thanks to a summer of daily training, Munoz was ready to compete in Louisville, Kentucky’s Ironman triathlon just a few weeks before the start of his sophomore fall...
...marathon progressed, he was able to improve from an initial 9:00 pace—thanks to his strong cardiovascular fitness—to post a time that is quite impressive for a first-time competitor...
...tournaments. And yet Ian, who works with a student group at Harvard and requested that his real name not be used for this piece, is very much a poker player—a professional online, who says he has not gone to bed until nine this morning after a marathon game...