Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Mujaho wokutanga wemarathon wakaitwa muUnited States wakaitwa musi waSeptember 19, 1896, mwedzi mishanu pashure pokunge
Marathon yokutanga yeOlympic, sechikamu chemusangano wokupera kweKnickerbocker Athletic Club yeNew York City. Nepo makwikwi enguva dzose enhandare nenhandare aiitika paColumbia Oval (iri munharaunda iyo panguva iyeyo yakanga iri rutivi rwaWilliamsbridge asi zvino inonzi Norwood, muBronx borough), vatambi makumi maviri navasere, vanenge vose vanobva munharaunda yeNew York City, vakanga vambofamba nechitima kuenda kuStamford, Connecticut nokuda kwomujaho wamarathon. Makwikwi acho akatanga paStamford Armory, ndokuenderera mberi kuburikidza neRiverside, Cos Cob, Greenwich, Port Chester, Rye, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, New Rochelle, East Chester, Woodlawn, uye William's Bridge, achipedzisa nemakwikwi maviri paColumbia Oval. Nepo nzira yacho yakaratidzirwa seyakareba, chinhambwe chakafanana neicho cheOlympic Marathon, munguva pfupi yapfuura nyanzvi yezvokuverenga Hugh Farley yakaita kuongororwa kwakanakisisa kwenzira iyo inoyera chete.