Early middle-distance races 1979

"Sri Chinmoy 13-Mile Race...A Running Duel." Runner's Gazette. February 1980.

A running duel dominated the December 9 Sri Chinmoy 13-Mile Race in Flushing Meadow Park as 20 year old John Doyle of St. John's University, Queens and 28 year old Rejean Gauthier of Ottawa, Canada quickly moved out from the pack of 400 runners...

Partial Race Results...

1. John Doyle, 20, St. Johns Queens: 1:09:08

2. Rejean Gauthier, 28, Ottawa, Canada: 1:09:42

3. Roger Sheldon, 32, Flushing Meadow Track Club: 1:11:06

40-49 age category:

1. Cahit Yeter, 44, Cahit's Pacers: 1:15:12

2. Richard Gazda, 40, Port Washington: 1:18:05

3. Charles Kennedy, 41, New York: 1:18:52

Women's Division

1. Kathy Naughton, 25, College Point Track Club: 1:32:05

2. Lucille Corva, 28, Bronx: 1:34:08

3. Margaret Greco, 29, College Point: 1:38:51

Over 400 runners crowd the start of the Sri Chinmoy 13-Mile Race at Flushing Meadow Park on December 9, 1979.

Partial Scanned Results...

 

Musante, Fred. "On the Run." The Sunday Post, Bridgeport, April 8, 1979.

The Sri Chinmoy Centers around the country probably have become better known for their 10-mile races than for their meditation classes...

These are not the over-promoted running extravaganzas that collapse under their own weight when it becomes painfully obvious that the promoters  themselves don't run. The Sri Chinmoy 10-milers usually attract a good crowd, and like the race which took place in Fairfield last Sunday, a reasonably fast front pack...

The 10-milers organized by Sri Chinmoy's disciples during the last 2 years are a way they may serve humanity. Sri Chinmoy said his followers are devoted to that aim, and with so many thousands of people running, including many of his disciples, it became a way to promote that goal.