New York Marathon co-founder VINCENT CHIAPETTA launches “New York As We Know It’ to Best Seller stat

VINCENT CHIAPETTA ‘New York As We Know It’ is on Amazon. Listen to this interview about the NYC City Marathon beginning and how women got the right to run!

Running for 71 Years! NYC Marathon Co-Founder Vincent Chiappetta Interviewed by BBC

The BBC-UK recently did an in-depth interview and lifetime achievement profile about NYC Marathon Co-Founder Vincent Chiappetta (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csym74), arguably one of the most important people in New York City’s running history. Vince began volunteering at races in 1963, while his running career began at NYU in the mid-1950s. For Chiappetta, age is just a number and he isn’t done running yet—not even after 71 years! While he no longer runs the NYC Marathon, he proudly supports the runners and he still laces up his running shoes to enjoy the outdoors, people watch and contemplate the city, running a mile or two a day. Chiappetta is a good case of a hobby turned passion that fueled an entire lifetime of friendships and experiences. His running buddies included Ted Corbitt, Kurt Steiner and Tom Osler. He has been a biology professor at Yeshiva University since 1954, he coached Track and Field and started their running team in 1981.

In describing his life philosophy and how his running life has changed as he has aged, Chiapetta says, “I look at life as a continuum, a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values. That pretty much sums up my life. I never set goals I couldn’t accomplish.” He was an early proponent of allowing women to compete in running sports on an even basis with men. It may be hard to imagine today, but in the early days of running sports, women were often discriminated against in the sport. Chiapetta is also proud of being part of the movement to make long distance running a separate sport, moving it out of track and field where it began. He worked tirelessly over