Long Island Marathon
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The Long Island Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run on Long Island
, New York
, USA. The 42.195 kilometres (26.2 mi) event was first run in 1970 as The Earth Day Marathon. Originally the race consisted of loops around Roosevelt Raceway and Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York.
The event was renamed the Long Island Marathon in 1978 and a half marathon was added in 1984.
Over the years, there were several courses with the current one now starting on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Uniondale
and finishing at Eisenhower Park
in East Meadow
. Part of the course runs along the Wantagh State Parkway
. The Long Island Marathon record of 2:19:53 was set by Lou Calvano in 1979.
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA. The 42.195 kilometres (26.2 mi) event was first run in 1970 as The Earth Day Marathon. Originally the race consisted of loops around Roosevelt Raceway and Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York.
The event was renamed the Long Island Marathon in 1978 and a half marathon was added in 1984.
Over the years, there were several courses with the current one now starting on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Uniondale
Uniondale, New York
Uniondale is a hamlet as well as a suburb of New York City in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead. The population was 24,759 at the 2010 United States Census.-Geography:...
and finishing at Eisenhower Park
Eisenhower Park
Eisenhower Park is centrally located in East Meadow, New York bordered by Hempstead Turnpike on the south and Old Country Road on the north. At , it is larger than Central Park, with much of the area devoted to three 18-hole golf courses, including the Red Course, host to the annual Commerce Bank...
in East Meadow
East Meadow, New York
East Meadow is a hamlet in Nassau County , New York, United States. East Meadow is an unincorporated area in the Town of Hempstead....
. Part of the course runs along the Wantagh State Parkway
Wantagh State Parkway
The Wantagh State Parkway is a state parkway on Long Island in New York, in the United States. It links the Ocean Parkway at Jones Beach State Park with the Northern State Parkway in Westbury. The parkway is located approximately east of Manhattan and east of the Nassau–Queens border...
. The Long Island Marathon record of 2:19:53 was set by Lou Calvano in 1979.