Ku sii qor faqradan - Markii Longboat uu yaraa, Mohawk () deggan kaydka, Bill Davis, oo sanadkii 1901 ku dhammaystay kaalinta labaad ee Boston Marathon, ayaa xiiseynayay tartamada orodka. Wuxuu bilaabay tartanka 1905, isagoo kaalinta labaad ka galay tartankii Victoria Day 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 tartankii orodka dheer ee ciyaarihii Olombikada ee 1908
, oo ay weheliyaan dhowr kale oo hogaamiya orodyahanno ah, isla markaana dib loo soo celiyay isla sanadkaas 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.