The marathon started at 11 a.m. It was hot and humid. Muhrcke and Corbitt started conservatively over the hilly course that included four full loops of Central Park. Moses Mayfield, a Philadelphia distance-running standout, jumped to an early lead, and still looked strong at 20 miles. Then, struck by a dizzy spell, he faded to eighth place . Muhrcke worked his way up through the field, and caught Mayfield at 24 miles.
The Coronavirus Outbreak
Sports and the Virus
Updated Sept. 11, 2020
Heres whats happening as the world of sports slowly comes back to life:
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- Baseball plans to hold its playoff games at four stadiums in Southern California and Texas, with the World Series held at the Texas Rangers new ballpark.
- N.F.L. teams have spent years trying to create over-the-top entertainment for fans inside stadiums. This year, theyll just be trying to cover up echoes from empty seats.
- September Saturdays at Penn State are usually the apex of a week of hype. Now, as at other college football destinations, the approach of autumn has been unusually quiet there.
Moses looked like he was pushing a piano up a steep hill, Muhrcke later recalled.
He cruised to victory, breaking the tape in 2 hours, 31 minutes, 39 seconds. A 19-year old New Jersey college student, Tom Fleming, finished second (2:35:44), and Corbitt ran 2:44 for fifth place. There was only one woman in the field, Nina Kuscsik. She had run 3:12 five months earlier at Boston, but she came down with the flu just before the New York City race and had to drop out at 14 miles.
The next days New York Times published a short article, with no photographs, on page 54.read more
