”Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team” (Press Release). Weisbrot, Bhikshuni. April 27, 1988. Retrieved 2012-01-17. Archive copy at the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team office.

“’I used to live near the park (Flushing Meadow Corona Park) and watch you people run races’, said 1st place winner Brian Doyle. ‘I thought you were crazy’. Doyle’s win of 3:14:39 was his first marathon in 4 years. 2nd and 3rd place winners, Simahan Pierce and Pascal Weber finished in times of 3:18:35 and 3:23:09.

Women’s winner, ‘kiwi' Louise Thurston of New Zealand ran her first marathon ever in 4:07:05 (the women’s course record of 2:58 set in December 1987 is still held by Patchogue’s Cindy Scott). Running great Sy Mah, 61, fresh from his 3:27 finish in (the) Boston (Marathon) and the Sybil Ludington 50K -  a 2 a.m. drive from Cambridge – and plans for (the) Pittsburgh (Marathon) on the weekend, won the men’s over 60 division in 4:34 – his 502nd lifetime marathon since the age of 40. He and 1,000 mile champ Trishul Cherns were just out ‘for an easy training run’. Professor Sy spends his ‘unrunning’ time doing research at Harvard and said ‘it looks good in favor of exercise for increasing our lifespan’.  Sy is also the man who put on the first marathon where it was legal for women to run (Eastern Canadian Championship – 1967) and trained ultra greats Mary Hanudel (who holds the  U.S. 6 day track record) and Lorna Richey (who holds the U.S. 200Km record)."

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