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News, articles and information about the annual running marathon that begins at the Verrazano Bridge and winds its way through the boroughs of New York City.
News, articles and information about the annual running marathon that begins at the Verrazano Bridge and winds its way through the boroughs of New York City.
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Money doesn't grow on trees, but wallet stolen 27 years ago in NY is found in one; $20 missing
NEW YORK (AP) — Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one. The blue leather wallet had been stolen by a pickpocket 27 years ago. It was found in the hollow of a...Tags: Columbia University, Upper East Side, Colleges and Universities, Theft, Central Park
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Stolen wallet found 27 years later in NYC tree
A woman whose wallet was pickpocketed 27 years ago in Central Park now has it back _ minus $20 in cash. A tree-care supervisor found the blue leather wallet inside the hollow of a dying cherry tree. It wasn't far from where Ruth Bendik had her wallet...Tags: Columbia University, Upper East Side, Colleges and Universities, Central Park
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Stolen Wallet Found After 27 Years
They say money doesn't grow on trees - but apparently stolen wallets do.
According to authorities, a tree in Central Park was holding a key piece of evidence to a robbery that occurred nearly 27 years ago.
In October 1982, Upper East Side resident...Tags: Columbia University, Upper East Side, Colleges and Universities, Theft, Central Park
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Workout winner Peter LaMonita, 65, of Forks Township
Favorite exercise routine: Running Major exercise accomplishment: Running the New York City Marathon in October (when it was in October), then running the Jersey Shore Marathon a month later. Proudest exercise moment: When I lived in Warwick, N.Y., in...Tags: The Rolling Stones (band), Jack LaLanne, Marathon, Physical Exercise, Physical Fitness
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Kiptoo Holds Off Meyer In Litchfield Race
The Hartford CourantIf Lucas Meyer ever finds himself in Kenya, he will have a place to stay. Julius Kiptoo had never met Meyer before Sunday. But he issued the invitation after dueling Meyer, the former Yale All-American from Ridgefield, for almost seven miles in the...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Marathon, Athletics, Track and Field, University of Connecticut, Cross Country Horse Racing
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Joe Goldstein, classic old-school p.r. man, dead at 81
WatchdogAssuming this isn't some sort of publicity stunt - because that would be just like him - Joe Goldstein died Friday at age 81. It says so here. It figures that he picked a Friday. Everyone in the p.r. business......Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Sports Illustrated (magazine), Roosevelt
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Runners prepare for Sunday's LI Marathon
Special to NewsdayFrom the greenery of Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, to the uphill climb on Jericho Turnpike, to a mostly desolate 10-mile stretch along the Wantagh Parkway, John Buzanea and hundreds of other runners of the Long Island Marathon know it will be a...Tags: Nassau Coliseum, Long Island Marathon, Marathon, SUNY Nassau Community College, Gardens and Parks
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Best of all, it was a safe marathon
It's nice to have options. The Long Island Marathon, as roughly 5,000 of the 5,500 entrants in yesterday's damp "Festival of Races" can attest, is not the only event. Only a few hundred participants ran the 26.2 miles on the cool, showery day, and...Tags: Long Island Marathon, Marathon, Nassau University Medical Center
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Felipe Vergara, Jessica Allen win Long Island Marathon
john.jeansonne@newsday.comWhat may have seemed, a generation ago, to be slightly subversive - running for miles and miles just for the fun of it - again was demonstrated Sunday to be conventional behavior in the 21st Century. Not only was the Long Island Marathon, contested for a...Tags: Long Island Marathon, Long Island, Marathon, Athletics, Track and Field, Newsday Inc.
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Marcella D'Aguanno, Stony Brook fitness buff, dies at 41
patrick.whittle@newsday.comJust months before a sudden fatal stroke shocked her family, Marcella D'Aguanno ran in the New York City Marathon and completed triathlons - activities that are now motivating her loved ones to organize charity races in her honor. D'Aguanno, 41, who grew...Tags: Marathon, Calendars, Days, and Months
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Christopher Reeve's son to run marathon for spinal cord research
Matthew Reeve will wear bib No. 1275 at the New York City Marathon, a significant number for the son of the late Christopher Reeve. It represents the 1.275 million people with spinal cord injuries - the money he raises will go to the Christopher and Dana...Tags: Christopher Reeve, Marathon
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Run less. Run faster? For marathon training, less can be more, experts say
It sounds a little too good to be true: Finish a 26.2-mile marathon on just three days of training a week.
But for time-pressed, injury-prone runners, this type of low-mileage marathon plan can be an attractive alternative to the traditional five- or...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Nike Incorporated, Marathon, Julie Deardorff, Physical Exercise
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