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NYC Marathon returns from pandemic pause for 50th running
ABC ^ | 05 November 2021 | JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer

Posted on 11/06/2021 1:30:46 AM PDT by blueplum

A limited field of 33,000 runners will jog off the Verrazzano Bridge and wind its way toward Central Park on Sunday as the New York City Marathon returns for its 50th edition after being wiped out in 2020 by the coronavirus pandemic

...The race's 1970 debut — staged entirely in Central Park — hardly resembled the five-borough track that has drawn millions into the Big Apple's streets on the first Sunday of nearly every November since. Adaptation, though, has seemingly always enabled the second oldest of the world's marathon majors to do more of what it does best — inspire and celebrate.

The 50th edition of the NYC Marathon will certainly test that.

...The starting format was altered, too, with a fifth wave added to space out runners as they bus or ferry to the starting line in Staten Island...

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2022marathon; ny; nycmarathon
another slice of 'normal' returns to NYC this Sunday. Happy 50th !
1 posted on 11/06/2021 1:30:46 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Do they all have to run in masks and/or show proof of vaccination? Funny how certain “super spreader” events are tolerated by the left (when it benefits their lefty city). Does anyone think they are this packed in at Sturgis?


2 posted on 11/06/2021 3:40:52 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: blueplum

“But all my friends are doing it”

“If all your friends jogged off a bridge.....”


3 posted on 11/06/2021 3:43:57 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: blueplum

“But all my friends are doing it”

“If all your friends jogged off a bridge.....”


4 posted on 11/06/2021 3:44:01 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: P.O.E.

What is going on lately. I’m seeing double posts all over the place, now I just double posted - not my doing.


5 posted on 11/06/2021 3:46:01 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: P.O.E.

It seems to randomly come and go.


6 posted on 11/06/2021 3:51:45 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (This will be a hot extract.)
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