Ranar 19 ga Satumba, shekara ta 1896, watanni biyar bayan gasar Olympic na farko da aka yi, ne aka fara yin tseren marathon a ƙasar Amirka
, a matsayin wani ɓangare na taron kaka na Knickerbocker Athletic Club na Birnin New York. Yayin da aka gudanar da wasannin motsa jiki na yau da kullun a Columbia Oval (wanda ke cikin yankin da ke wani ɓangare na Williamsbridge amma yanzu ana kiransa Norwood, a cikin gundumar Bronx), 'yan wasa ashirin da takwas, kusan duka daga yankin New York City, sun yi tafiya da jirgin ƙasa zuwa Stamford, Connecticut don tseren marathon. Shirin ya fara ne a Stamford Armory, kuma ya ci gaba ta hanyar Riverside, Cos Cob, Greenwich, Port Chester, Rye, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, New Rochelle, East Chester, Woodlawn, da kuma William's Bridge, ya ƙare da zagaye biyu a kan Columbia Oval. Duk da yake an gabatar da hanya a matsayin mai tsawo, nesa mai kama da na Marathon na Olympics, kwanan nan masanin ilimin lissafi Hugh Farley ya sake gina hanyar da ta fi dacewa da hanya wanda ke auna kawai.