Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Longboat akanga ari mwana, mumwe mugari weMohawk () womuchengeti wacho, Bill Davis, uyo muna 1901 akapedza wechipiri muBoston Marathon, akamukwezva kumhanya mijaho. Akatanga kumhanya muna 1905, achipedza wechipiri mujaho reVictoria Day kuCaledonia, Ontario. Kukunda kwake kukuru kwokutanga kwakanga kuri muAround the Bay Road Race muHamilton, Ontario muna 1906, iyo yaakakunda nemaminitsi matatu. Muna 1907 akakunda muBoston Marathon munguva inokosha ye2:24:24 pamusoro penzira yekare ye24-1/2 mamaira, maminitsi mana nemasekondi 59 nokukurumidza kupfuura chero upi zvake wevakundi gumi vekare vechiitiko chacho. Zvisinei, akadonha mu
1908 Mitambo yeOlympic marathon, pamwe chete nevamwe vatambi vanoverengeka vanotungamirira, uye mutambo wokudzorera wakarongwa gore rimwe chetero paMadison Square Garden muNew York City. Longboat akakunda mujaho uyu, akava nyanzvi, uye muna 1909 panzvimbo imwe cheteyo akakunda zita reProfessional Champion of the World nokukunda Dorando Pietri naAlfred Shrubb pamberi pemapoka akatengesa.