This Day in Monitor & Subject–October 26
1941–Italy’s Adolfo Consolini threw the Discus 175-0 (53.34) in Milan to interrupt the 4-month previous World Report of
174-8 3/4 (53.25) that was set by American Archie Harris. He would set two extra World Data throughout his profession, win 15 Italian titles, and compete in 4 Olympics, profitable the gold medal in 1948 and silver in 1952. On the 1960 Video games in Rome, on the age of 43, he recited the Athlete’s Oath on the Opening Ceremony earlier than ending seventeenth within the discus.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_discus_throw_world_record_progression
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71922
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Consolini
1969—Ted Corbitt units an American 100 Mile Monitor Report (From his son Gary)
On October 25 – 26, 1969, Ted Corbitt set an American Report for operating 100 miles on the observe. His time was 13:33:06 at age 50.
*The race was held at Walton-on-Thames in England.
*This race was 4 weeks after his 2nd place London-to-Brighton 52.5-mile effort
*Ted Corbitt completed third on this race. The winner, Nice Britain’s John Tarrant, set a World Report 12:31:10.
*The earlier American Report held by an newbie was James Saunders February 21, 1882 on the American Institute Ring, New York indoors. His time was 17:36:14.
Ted Corbitt, a member of the Nationwide Corridor of Fame, wrote the next concerning the race in a prolonged article that appeared within the December 1969 challenge of Lengthy Distance Log titled “The RRC Invitational 100 Mile Monitor Race for the Percy Cerutty Cup” right here’s an excerpt:
“My 5-mile segments instances by 50 miles had been: 36:00, 1:12:07, 1:47:59, 2:24:26, 3:01:09, 3:38:02, 4:14:45, 4:52:49, 5:32:10 and 6:13:22 leaving me in 4 th place.
Fatigue manifestations will hit every man in keeping with the way in which his physique responds to the stress of operating. Outwardly it’s apparent that every runner step by step slows up. On this sense, fatigue is sneaky in such a race the place breathlessness shouldn’t be provoked to any nice diploma.
In my very own struggle to complete 100 miles, someplace previous 50 miles I grew to become conscious of a wierd feeling encircling my knees, not ache however fatigued produced discomfort, a “overwhelmed up” feeling. By 70 miles I had rubbed plenty of pores and skin off the internal aspect of my thighs particularly on the left aspect: as a consequence of friction of my shorts. This might have stopped me, however the alert refreshment workforce headed by Mrs. Peter Goodsell, who used to function handler for her operating husband, positioned some Vaseline for me. An excellent smearing of Vaseline on my legs turned off all ache. I’m nonetheless amazed at this since I subsequently poured plenty of water on my physique, by way of sponges, a lot of it dripping down my shorts. One odd factor is that my proper wrist grew to become very sore over the past two hours of the run. This was as a consequence of flexing and increasing this wrist joint as I ran. That was the extent of my discomfort.”
Gary Corbitt
Curator: Ted Corbitt Archives
Historian: Nationwide Black Marathoners Affiliation
Corridor of Fame Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/theodore-ted-corbitt
1980—Making his debut on the distance, 22-year previous Alberto Salazar gained the Males’s race on the NY Metropolis Marathon in 2:09:41 in chilly and windy climate. Salazar, the 1978 NCAA X-Nation Champion, wore his College of Oregon uniform whereas fulfilling the promise he made to Race Director Fred Lebow that he would break 2:10 in his 1st marathon! Invoice Rodgers, the 4-time defending champion, completed 5th in 2:13:20.
For the threerd 12 months in a row, Norway’s Grete Waitz gained the Ladies’s title with a World Report efficiency (2:25:41.3/she ran 2:32:29.8 in 1978, 2:27:32.6 in 1979). Runnerup Patti Lyons-Catalano ran 2:29:33.6 to change into the primary American lady to interrupt 2:30. 3rd in 2:34:24.9 was Waitz’s fellow Norwegian, Ingrid Kristiansen.
Winner of the Males’s Masters title was 41-year New Zealander Roger Robinson, making his marathon debut, with a time of two:22:12. The husband of girls’s pioneer Kathrine Switzer (they received married in 1987), Robinson, who has been protecting the NY Metropolis Marathon as a journalist yearly since 2000, shared his private experiences with the occasion in 2020, which marked the 50th Anniversary of the race.
Different Notable Finishers:
Males: 2.Rodolfo Gomez (Mexico) 2:10:13, 3.John Graham (Scotland) 2:11:46, 4.Jeff Wells 2:11:59…9.Dick Beardsley 2:13:56…21.Jerome Drayton (Canada) 2:17:58
Starters/Finishers: 14,011/12,512; Males: 11,646/10,891, Ladies: 2,465/1,621
https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/801026/overview
https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/801026/finishers
Prime-25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_New_York_City_Marathon
Movies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Lh4kdbYKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3qBsciCoZM
Previous Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Picture Gallery—NY Metropolis Marathon Via The Years
