Posted by gary on December 13, 2007, 8:49 am

Ted Corbitt, 1920-2007 A Man Who Set the Standards http://nyrr.org/corbitt_obit.asp 3 major things in Teds obit (above) stand out to me: My comments in bold 1. Corbitt made revolutionary contributions toward professionalizing road racing as a sport, particularly by establishing standards for measuring and certifying courses. In other words certifed courses might not exist. 2. Wherever he saw a need, he worked toward fulfilling it. "I tested theories and techniques on myself," he said. "If they worked, I'd pass them on to my friends. If they didn't, it was back to the drawing board." His running life was one long experiment to see how far and how fast the human body could go. I love it the Mr Corbitt wrote his own rules about how to train. 3. was working toward a goal of walking every street in Manhattan. (He had finished the north-south blocks and was working on the east-west ones.) This was a man about whom it could be said without exaggeration that nothing in life could stop him. how cool to do something just because you can, how sad not to be able to finish. We should all use this as a example to leave no unfinished business and to follow our dreams where they may lead.

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Posted by Thomas on December 13, 2007, 9:45 am, in reply to "RIP Ted Corbitt"

"finished the Boston Marathon in under three hours an incredible 21 times, a record that still stands" A challenge for Gary!

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Posted by gary on December 13, 2007, 10:04 am, in reply to "Re: RIP Ted Corbitt"
Message modified by board administrator December 13, 2007, 1:50 pm

Tom, OK I'm game to try, first lets do the math. I need to run 11 more under 3 more which will put me at age 62 while not impossible, only time will tell! Below are ten I do know about and a lesson to younger runners, had I run all the Boston's I qualified for back in the 80s, 90s (at least a dozen I didn't run) etc. I might have had a shot at equaling Teds amazing achievements. 1. 2:40:04 Boston Marathon 4/18/88 2. 2:46:57 Boston Marathon 4/15/91 3. 2:49:11 Boston Marathon 4/21/86 4. 2:53:38 Boston Marathon 4/20/81 5. 2:54:20 Boston Marathon 4/17/06 6. 2:54:36 Boston Marathon 4/19/93 7. 2:55:16 Boston Marathon 4/16/07 7. 2:55:54 Boston Marathon 4/20/87 8. 2:57:21 Boston Marathon 4/18/05 9. 2:58:09 Boston Marathon 4/20/92 10. 2:59:45 Boston Marathon 4/15/02 --Previous Message-- : "finished the Boston Marathon in under : three hours an incredible 21 times, a record : that still stands" : : A challenge for Gary! :

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