The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park

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1. Story
2. One hundred and twenty-seven runners pay a dollar each to run laps of Central Park; 55 finish. Fred Lebow, one of the organisers, finishes 45th. Nothing about the event suggests that the same race will one day close an entire city for a day.
3. Knowledge
4. New York City Marathon
5. New York City
6. New York Road Runners
7. Fred Lebow
8. The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
9. Connections
10. New York City Marathon
11. Fred Lebow
12. New York Road Runners
13. New York City
14. Boston Marathon
15. Fred Lebow
16. London Marathon
17. The mass-participation city marathon
18. New York City
19. Abbott World Marathon Majors
20. New York Road Runners
21. The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
22. New York goes to five boroughs
23. New York is remeasured and two world bests are voided
24. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
25. New York City Marathon
26. The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
27. New York goes to five boroughs
28. New York City Marathon
29. New York City
30. The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
31. New York is remeasured and two world bests are voided
32. New York City Marathon
33. London
34. New York Road Runners
35. The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
36. New York goes to five boroughs
37. The first jazz record is made
38. Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues"
39. Evidence
40. The first New York City Marathon was run in Central Park on 13 September 1970 with 127 entrants at one dollar each and 55 finishers, Lebow finishing 45th; the five-borough course was achieved in 1976 after years of lobbying. V55 verification basis: read through an attributed search summary; the NYRR page was not retrieved.