This day in the field of athletics – October 26
1941Italian Adolfo Consolini threw the discus 175-0 (53.34) in Milan, breaking the 4-month world record.
174-8 3/4 (53.25), set by American Archie Harris. He would set two more world records during his career, win 15 Italian titles and compete in 4 Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1948 and a silver in 1952. Taking the oath at the opening ceremony before finishing 17th in the discus.
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_discus_throw_world_record_progression
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71922
WikiBio:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Consolini
1969–Ted Corbitt sets American 100-mile track record (from his son Gary)
On October 25-26, 1969, Ted Corbitt set the American 100-mile track record. His time at age 50 was 13:33:06.
*The race was held in Walton-on-Thames, England.
*This race came 4 weeks after his 2nd place London to Brighton 52.5 mile effort.
*Ted Corbitt finished 3rd in this race. Winner: Great Britain John Tarantset a world record of 12:31:10.
*The previous American record held by an amateur was James Saunders on February 21, 1882, inside the American Institute Ring in New York. His time was 17:36:14.
National Hall of Famer Ted Corbitt wrote the following in a lengthy article about the race that appeared in the December 1969 issue of the Long Distance Log titled “The RRC Invitational 100 Mile Track Race for the Percy Cerutty Cup”: segment.
“My 5-mile splits through mile 50 were: 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 4th place.
Fatigue will affect every man depending on how his body reacts to the stress of running. It is obvious on the surface that every runner gradually slows down. In this sense, fatigue is insidious in a race where shortness of breath is not heavily induced.
In my own struggle to finish 100 miles, somewhere around 50 miles in, I became aware of a strange feeling surrounding my knees, not pain, but tiredness causing discomfort, a “beaten up” feeling. By mile 70 I had chafed my inner thighs a lot, especially on the left side; because of the friction of my shorts. That might have stopped me, but the alert refresher team, led by Mrs. Peter Goodsell, who used to serve as her running husband’s butler, found me some Vaseline. A good application of Vaseline took all the pain away from my legs. I’m still surprised by this because I later sponged a lot of water on my body, most of which dripped down my shorts. One weird thing is that my right wrist hurt a lot during the last two hours of the run. This was due to the flexion and extension of this wrist joint when I ran. That was my discomfort.”
Gary Corbitt
Curated by Ted Corbitt Archives
HistorianNational Black Marathon Association
Hall of Fame Biography: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/theodore-ted-corbitt
1980— Making his distance debut, Alberto Salazar, 22, won the men’s race at the NY City Marathon in 2:09:41 in cold and windy weather. Salazar, the 1978 NCAA X-Country champion, wore his University of Oregon uniform, fulfilling a promise to race director Fred Lebow that he would break 2:10 in his 1st.St marathon! 4-time defending champion Bill Rogers finished 5thth at 2:13:20 a.m.
for 3th In consecutive years, Grete Weitz of Norway won the women’s title in world record time (2:25:41.3/she ran 2:32:29.8 in 1978, 2:27:32.6 in 1979). Runner-up Patty Lyons-Catalano ran 2:29:33.6 to become the first American woman to break 2:30. 3:th In 2:34:24.9 was Norway’s Ingrid Christiansen of Weitz.
The men’s masters title was won by 41-year-old New Zealander Roger Robinson, who made his marathon debut with a time of 2:22:12. Husband of women’s pioneer Kathryn Switzer (they married in 1987), Robinson, who has covered the New York City Marathon every year as a journalist since 2000, shared his personal experience with the 2020 event, which marked 50 years.th Anniversary of the race.
Other notable graduates:
Men2. 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; Men: 11,646/10,891, Women: 2,465/1,621
https://results.nyrr.org/event/801026/overview
https://results.nyrr.org/event/801026/finishers
Top-25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_New_York_City_Marathon
Videos::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Lh4kdbYKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3qBsciCoZM
Past winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Photo Gallery — New York City Marathon through the years
