The Long Island Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run on

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...

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, United States. The event was first run in 1973 as ''The Earth Day Marathon''. Originally the race consisted of loops around Roosevelt Raceway and Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York. Previously, the Earth Day Marathon was first pur on by the New York Road Runners and staged in Central Park in 1971 and 1972. The event was renamed the ''Long Island Marathon'' in 1978 and a half marathon was added in 1984. Over the years, there were several courses with the current one now starting within Eisenhower Park and running to Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Uniondale and finishing at

Eisenhower Park Eisenhower Park, formerly known as Salisbury Park, is a public park in East Meadow, New York bordered by Hempstead Turnpike on the south and Old Country Road on the north. At , it is larger than Central Park (in Manhattan, New York City), with mu ...

East Meadow East Meadow is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York. The population was 38,132 at the 2010 census. Many residents commute to Manhattan, which is away. History In ...

. For several years, part of the course runs along the

Wantagh State Parkway The Wantagh State Parkway is a long state parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States. It links the Ocean Parkway in Jones Beach State Park with the Northern State Parkway in Westbury. The parkway is located approximately east of ...

. The Long Island Marathon record of 2:19:53 was set by Lou Calvano in 1979, eclipsing the previous Long Island Record of Paul Fetscher of 2:21:49. Fetscher was also the race director as the Central Park Race moved to Roosevelt Raceway and Eisenhower Park in 1973.

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