1983 New York City Marathon (pt. 3)

[@yourkiwimate]

rod dixon, a great guy, a great man, a great champion, i was 13 years old when i watched this, brilliant race and finish

[@michaelclayton2323]

I was 14 years old.

[@yourkiwimate]

@@michaelclayton2323 mate we twins

[@michaelclayton2323]

@@yourkiwimate But I ran my first and second marathon in Dallas 1999 and the Boston in April 2000. I saw Rosa Mota in Boston 5k run. I took a picture of her.

[@yourkiwimate]

@@michaelclayton2323 your much more of a man than me - bless you

[@michaelclayton2323]

@yourkiwimate We are all men. Not everyone can run. Find your talent and help the world to be a better place and then you will have a mind of peace. The rain falls on our shoulders to make life more memorable like it did when Rod Dixon won NYC marathon in 1983. We weathered through the storms of all this chaos of the world. It makes us better men in doing so with character. God bless you.

[@JohnBrown-be6re]

I remember watching this first time around and all the running magazines at the time had that finish line image on the cover, thanks for uploading.

[@michaelclayton2323]

@@JohnBrown-be6re I had the page cover of the magazine with Rod Dixon.

[@obscurelyvague]

Wow. How the TV coverage has changed.

[@Tawadeb]

Great run Rod

[@lukenorth7127]

Marty was a great commentator for distance running. As far as American commentators for distance running go, I say he is the best. But he was wrong about an Englishman winning the Chicago Marathon at 16:10 onward. Joseph Nzau of Kenya beat Hugh Jones of Great Britain by half a second.

[@bobhillgrove4473]

Is that the "SMITH" that won 2 BOSTON MARATHONS ??

[@virgilioisaaccabreravelazq8842]

Sí uno en solitariopara calificar a los juegos olímpicos de 1984

[@WithBACON]

At that time, Smith's 2:09:08 was the fastest debut marathon ever.

[@utopianseeker5493]

Rest in peace Grete.

[@runcaz7802]

Next time try running the tangent Mr. Smith. Please?

[@bluerfoot]

He lost because he didn't drink anything except water. you can't survive at that level throwing drinks away.

[@Tawadeb]

His hamstring bothered him

[@ianbarnett5051]

John Graham of England, oh dear.

[@GeoAce777]

no fans in the Bronx?!😄

[@obscurelyvague]

"@GeoAce777" this was the earlier times of the 5-borough NYC Marathon. I think TV coverage of it was relatively new.

[@ericsolomon7149]

Horrible call as usual Marty