Many sports fans assume the New York City Marathon has always occurred in October or early November, and always run through the five boroughs. Indeed, the first New York City Marathon took place entirely within Central Park, and it happened 50 years ago, on Sunday, Sept. 13, 1970. Even I, a New Yorker and a committed marathon runner then, didn’t enter. As a busy magazine publisher, I focused all my attention each year on the Boston Marathon, held in April. On that Sunday morning in 1970, I decided to run the Central Park loop in the opposite direction from the runners.

Source: New York Times September 13, 2020 04:30 UTC