The November Run in New York City
Thirty nine years ago, on the first day of November, one hundred twenty seven people entered a marathon. Only fifty five of those people managed to run 26 miles and 285 yards, to be exact, and cross the finish line. 1970 marks the first New York City Marathon, a course that looped many times throughout Central Park. Today the race has grown and attracts some of the finest and well trained athletes in the world. Each year more than ninety thousand people apply to run the marathon, and many are turned away as the limit of the race is just thirty eight thousand.
World class runners who meet the requirement of a set qualifying time, those whom have been denied participation for three years in a row, or those running for a charity program are bumped to the top of the list. For everyone else it is the luck of the draw, literally. Participants gain entry through a random drawing lottery. The reasons many travel to the city, stay in the five star New York hotels, eat some pasta, and wake up early to run, are varied. Many runners choose to stay in the Gramercy Park Hotel.
For some, it is the thrill. The atmosphere that day is filled with the energy and the adoration of the many people, tourists and residents alike, who drop what they are doing and come out to cheer the runners on. To take place in the marathon is big, it is one way, that for one day, someone can become part of the history of this greatest of American cities. Nowadays, the course does not just wind through Central Park, but leads one through each of the 5 boroughs. It is now the largest marathon in all the world, and to be part of that, is as stated, to be part of an historical event.
For others, the serious runners, take part as this marathon is part of a series, called the World Marathon Majors. Other marathons included in the series are the marathons held in Boston, Chicago, London and Berlin. And in the years when they occur, the Olympic Games and the World Championships are included. There are just two winners of the World Marathon majors, one male and one female. And these two split at the end a prize of one million dollars. There are many reasons for one to visit New York in November, and the Marathon is one of those reasons.
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