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  2. Queensboro Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Queensboro Bridge has been part of the New York City Marathon course since 1976, when the marathon course traversed all five boroughs for the first time. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] During the marathon, which happens every November, runners cross the Queensboro Bridge westbound toward Manhattan, then pass under the bridge at First Avenue. [ 65 ]

  3. Marathon - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Marathon also requires a qualifying time for guaranteed entry, at a significantly faster pace than Boston's. [165] Typically, there is a maximum allowed time of about six hours after which the marathon route is closed, although some larger marathons keep the course open considerably longer (eight hours or more).

  4. Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Planning Commission was amenable to constructing either a bridge or a tunnel across the Narrows, and in 1939, put forth a plan to expand New York City's highway system. [ 31 ] [ 26 ] In March of the same year, as a bill for the Battery Bridge was being passed, Staten Island state legislators added a last-minute amendment to ...

  5. New York State Thruway - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially " the Thruway ") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation.

  6. Eastern Parkway - Wikipedia

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    Eastern Parkway is a major east–west boulevard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was built between 1870 and 1874 and has been credited as the world's first parkway.

  7. Kenenisa Bekele - Wikipedia

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    In November, he finished six at the 2021 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:12:52. [2] 2022 - 2023. In September, he placed third at the Great North Run half marathon in a time of 1:01:01. [2] The next month, Kenenisa competed in the 2022 London Marathon, finishing fifth in 2:05:53 to set a masters world record in age 40 group. [63]

  8. Caroline Wozniacki - Wikipedia

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    Wozniacki then decided to run the New York City Marathon in November 2014. She recorded a time of 3 hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds. [84] She claimed that the running training was positive for her and contributed to her good performances at the US Open and WTA Finals.

  9. List of Panamerican records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    New York City, United States [182] 5000 m: 14:31.38 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford Canada 11 February 2022 BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational Boston, United States [183] Marathon: 2:40:55 Lindsey Scherf United States 17 March 2018 The Armory Indoor Marathon New York City, United States [184] 50 m hurdles: 6.67 A: Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States