
| Race Detail |
| RexCorp Long Island Marathon USA NY East Meadow Marathon May racedir@thelimarathon.com http://www.thelimarathon.com "For the past 37 years, the Long Island Marathon has been serving Long Island's running community as Long Island's premiere competitive running event. For its 38th year, the RXR / TIAA-CREF Long Island Marathon: Festival of Races will, again, take place on that first Sunday in May giving Long Island area residents a chance to compete on all levels of athletic competition.In the early 1970's the ""Earth Day Marathon"" created, consisting of a 26.2 mile run inside Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Later renamed renamed the ""Long Island Marathon,"" the event continued into the 1980's when the Half Marathon was added in 1984. Since then, the Long Island Marathon and Half Marathon have continued to thrive and evolve into the ""RXR / TIAA-CREF Long Island Marathon: Festival of Races,"" which now features a Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K Race, 5K Race, 10Mile Run and Kids Fun Run." |
