On June 4, 1958, a group of 40-odd runners met at Macombs Dam Park in the Bronx and founded New York Road Runners. At the start of its 50th-anniversary year, NYRR is one of the world’s premier running organizations, with more than 45,000 members, a year-round calendar of races including the famed ING New York City Marathon, fitness offerings for all members of the community, and a running program serving 30,000 children in New York City and around the world. Each week throughout 2008, we are proud to present This Week in New York Road Runners History. We’ll dig deep into the archives to find interesting, inspiring, and sometimes unexpected facts about our first 50 years.
On June 4, 1958, a group of 40-odd runners met at Macombs Dam Park in the Bronx and founded New York Road Runners. At the start of its 50th-anniversary year, NYRR is one of the world’s premier running organizations, with more than 45,000 members, a year-round calendar of races including the famed ING New York City Marathon, fitness offerings for all members of the community, and a running program serving 30,000 children in New York City and around the world. Each week throughout 2008, we are proud to present This Week in New York Road Runners History. We’ll dig deep into the archives to find interesting, inspiring, and sometimes unexpected facts about our first 50 years.
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