Tony White of Nashville paced the field of 178 Tennessee runners who finished the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday.
White, 39, finished in 2:33:02, a fine pace of 5:51 per mile.
Jamie O’Kelley, 49, of Signal Mountain, was the top finisher from the TVO area. He finished in 3:01:26. Daniel Park, 41, of Knoxville, finished in 3:06:49.
The Tennessee contingent spanned finishing times from White’s 2:33 to the final time of 8:26:11 (19:19 pace). The majority of the Volunteer State field was from the Metro Nashville area and outlying cities, with other runners from the Tennessee Valley, Memphis and a few other cities. Several are repeat finishers from last year.
About the Marathon
More than 55,500 finished this year’s New York City Marathon, one of the “Big 6” majors in the world. That expands to seven next year with the addition of the Sydney Marathon. The others are Chicago, Tokyo, London, Boston and Berlin.
The New York event began in 1970 with runners making four (plus a little more) loops in Central Park. In 1976 it expanded into the five boroughs. Runners toodle through all five NYC boroughs as thousands of spectators offer encouragement along the way.
The New York City marathon route begins on Staten Island, with runners first crossing the Verrazano Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn. They make their way north through myriad neighborhoods into Queens before crossing the Queensboro Bridge into upper Manhattan. As relatively close as runners are to the finish at Central Park, they’re not done. They head north again for a 1.5-mile jiggle into the Bronx. Then, it’s a turn south back into Manhattan and into Central Park, finishing at Central Park West and 67th.
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