Ku dhammayso weedhan soo socota: Markii Longboat uu yaraa, Bill Davis, oo ahaa Mohawk (Mohawk) oo deggan kaydka, oo sanadkii 1901 ku soo dhamaaday kaalinta labaad ee Boston Marathon, ayaa xiiseynayay tartamada orodka. Wuxuu bilaabay tartanka 1905, isagoo kaalinta labaad ka galay tartanka Maalinta Victoria ee Caledonia, Ontario. Guushiisii ugu horreysay ee muhiimka ahayd waxay ahayd Around the Bay Road Race oo ka dhacday Hamilton, Ontario sanadkii 1906, oo uu ku guuleystay seddex daqiiqo. Sanadkii 1907 wuxuu ku guuleystay Boston Marathon waqtigii rikoodhka ahaa 2:24:24 ee 24-1/2 mayl, afar daqiiqo iyo 59 ilbiriqsi ka dhakhso badan mid kasta oo ka mid ah tobankii guuleystayaal ee dhacdada ka hor. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, wuxuu ku dhacay
Ciyaarihii Olombikada ee 1908 tartanka orodka dheer, oo ay weheliyaan dhowr orodyahano kale oo hormuud ah, isla sanadkaas waxaa lagu soo abaabulay dib-u-dhac ka dhacay Madison Square Garden ee Magaalada New York. Longboat wuxuu ku guuleystay tartankan, wuxuu noqday xirfadle, sanadkii 1909 isla goobtaas wuxuu ku guuleystay horyaalka xirfadleyda adduunka isagoo ka adkaaday Dorando Pietri iyo Alfred Shrubb hortiisa dadweyne iib ah.