Yonkers-Marathon

The Yonkers Marathon is a marathon, which takes place in Yonkers usually on the third Sunday in September. He is named after the Boston Marathon is the second oldest to regularly discharged into the present marathon world and with 85 events ( Release 20 September 2009), the world's second most marathon event.

Route

The Yonkers Marathon is currently a twice by running round course of Yonkers ( start and finish ) along the Hudson River north to Hastings-on- Hudson, then back on a main road and about Yonkers addition to the city limits of New York City, where the route turns north to the starting point again. Since the introduction of two run laps, a half marathon is offered.

The course is very hilly and has per round over a height difference of approximately 150 meters ( 300 meters for the marathon ). Except for a few kilometers along the Hudson River, the route runs exclusively through monotonous housing estates and vast industrial zones. The run will take place on public roads that are not closed to traffic. This track characteristics responsibility for ensuring that the course currently reported only approximately 200 participants.

History

Between 1900 and 1910, Yonkers was an emerging immigrant city on the northern outskirts of New York City. The derived almost exclusively from European immigrants founded a variety of sports clubs, to present to traditional attachment to their homeland. The Mercury Athletic Club consisted mostly of running enthusiasts members. With the help of Yonkers Daily News organized by the club on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1907, the first Yonkers Marathon. Until 1945, with few exceptions, provided Thanksgiving as a day of marathon. First winner in 1907 was John Hayes, who should win a year later at the Olympic Summer Games 1908 in London, the marathon.

The second run in 1908 had 145 participants, of whom approximately half crossed the finish line and were cheered on by 20,000 spectators who jumped around partially between the runners, which led to chaotic conditions. This unexpected success meant that at times we looked at the marathon as an entertainment event.

On January 1, 1909, the Yonkers Amusement Company focused on the route of the Yonkers Marathon from its own marathon, which was a debacle. In this non- event for the series counted by the organizers of the Yonkers Marathon fired 10,000 spectators along the route to their respective favorites stormy, while they entered the not closed off track. The police tried to organize the chaos, but made ​​no distinction between spectators and officials who have finally lost control of the race. After 7 runners had crossed the goal of the run was finally canceled. The run had another oddity to offer. That are considered as winner Robert Fowler is led up to the present by the International Athletics Federation, International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF) in a list of world best with his winning time of 2:52:45,4 as in the meantime the world's best marathon runners. However, there are concerns as to whether you actually had the usual route length of 26 miles extended in the running for 385 yards.

From 1910 to 1917 we shortened the distance to 25 miles (40 km). From 1918 to 1934, the Yonkers Marathon was not performed. Only in 1935 the run was resumed with the standard length of a marathon of 42.195 km and discharged to the present day. The only exception was the time allotted for the September 16, 2001 event, which was canceled because of the five days earlier perpetrated terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.

From 1955 to 1960 we had the route slightly changed and subsequently determined that the track was approximately 200 meters too short.

1970 attended the first woman on the Yonkers Marathon, which was, however, considered only informally because of the general start prohibition for women. Since 1972, the race was officially open to women.

From 1938 to 1966, the Yonkers Marathon was continuously hosted the official U.S. Marathon Championships, the 1948 run was indeed the name of the event, but was discharged in Queens. With another host the championship in 1974, the Yonkers Marathon is with 30 championship races the event with the most championships in the United States.

The Yonkers Marathon of 1947, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 was a qualifying run for the determination of the U.S. participants in the Olympic marathon (U.S. Olympic Trials ), respectively.

Special

  • The planned for Thanksgiving 1912 run was moved to May 1913 due to bad weather. The regular term in November 1913 was therefore reduced to 15 miles (24 km).
  • The record of the most common participations holds a runner from New York City with 44 runs.
  • In 1985, each participant was a T-shirt presented with the imprint: "You have not run a marathon until you run Yonkers " (you do not have a marathon run until you have gone through the Yonkers. )
  • In 1999, the only elite runners participated in the event. The winner from the New York City Marathon in 1997 and 1998, John Kagwe, was to prepare for the run at the 1999 Yonkers Marathon and won the half marathon in 1:04 hours with a valid up to the present course record.

Statistics

Track records

  • Men: 2:18:52,8, Ron Wayne (USA ), 1974
  • Women: 2:52:38, Janice Arenz (USA ), 1981

Most wins

  • Men: 8 wins John J. Kelley ( USA), 1956-1963
  • Women: 7 wins Nina Kuscsik (USA ), 1970 ( io ), 1972-1974, 1977-1979

List of winners

The winners list, given the high importance of the event in the early years and in terms of national championships until 1966 many American elite runners. After that, it is at the winners mainly to local and regional runners.

The complete list of winners may be found on the website of the ARRS.

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