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ING New York City Marathon Creates $220 Million in Economic Impact
Posted October 30th, 2007 at 10:42 AM by Allyson Rosen
Section: News & Results, Marathons
The New York City Sports Commission and New York Road Runners today announced that the ING New York City Marathon brings an estimated $220 million in economic impact to the city. Already the highest-grossing single-day sporting event in New York, the marathon’s estimated impact this year is up from $205 million in 2006. These figures are the results of an independent study conducted by Economics Research Associates.
The annual event, now in its 38th year, has more than 37,000 runners, 2.5 million spectators lining the streets of New York, and a worldwide television audience of more than 300 million. Eighty percent of the runners are from outside New York City and nearly 50 percent come from outside the U.S.
“The ING New York City Marathon is as diverse as the city itself,” said New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg. “With more than 100,000 applicants this year, the event continues to attract runners from around the world while bringing together the city of New York.”
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Podcast 94: PETER GILMORE on the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and Much More!
Posted October 17th, 2007 at 9:23 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts, Drugs In Sports
Episode sponsored by: Bill Rodgers Sportswear
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Episode 94 of The Final Sprint Podcast features my interview with U.S. Olympic Marathon hopeful PETER GILMORE.
In the interview, Peter talks about being in peak condition heading into the November 3 Olympic Trials, completing his first pre-marathon altitude training session, the keys to his success and racing strategy, and the benefits of his marathon and New York City racing experience.
Download the podcast to hear Peter discuss these topics, as well as, the current U.S. Olympic qualifying system, the decision to separate the Trials from the ING NYC Marathon, how and why the sport would benefit from greater economic transparency, the recent editorials in favor of “legalizing” steroids, and much more!
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Host: Adam Jacobs | Guest: Peter Gilmore
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Musicians: Ryan Ahlwardt, Darnell Perkins
File Size: 19.3 MB | Length: 28:13 MIN
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Interview Excerpts: Mary Wittenberg and Glenn Latimer discuss the Olympic Trials
Posted October 15th, 2007 at 1:50 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews
Last week, the New York Road Runners hosted the first of a three part series of teleconferences about the about the November 2 U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon trials in New York City.
In the first installment, the media had the opportunity to speak with NYRR CEO and President Mary Wittenberg and USATF Men’s Long Distance Running Chair Glenn Latimer. The following excerpts feature May and Glenn’s thoughts on a few of the keys topics:
On the Central Park course:
Mary: This is a rolling course, and this is a course that we expect to be full of spectators. The ability to find the right balance of restraint in the early laps to run strong at the end, coupled with being out there hard and fast enough to beat this field, is going to be the hard dynamic. It is a fine line the athletes are going to have to run. Those two elements are what makes the course unique. It rolls the whole way, and I think on those last two laps, they’re going to feel that.
On this course and how it prepares athletes for Beijing:
Glenn: The reason we chose New York is the timing of the event, to allow the guys to fully prepare, and that it’s a testing course. If the guys are to race flat out, in my opinion it’s a 2:09, 2:10 course. I think the race will be won in 2:11, 2:12. What we didn’t want to do was go somewhere where it was hot and humid, where you beat up their bodies so that they then had to do that twice. What you do is you try to pick your best guys and then give them all the best support we’ve got.
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