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3 unusual facts about Polytechnic Marathon


Buddy Edelen

On July 15, 1963 Edelen ran 2:14:28 at the Polytechnic Marathon (run from Windsor to Chiswick, England) to establish a new World Record.

Ian Ridpath

From 1993 to 1995 he was Race Director of the Polytechnic Marathon from Windsor to Chiswick, Britain’s oldest marathon race which traced its origins back to the 1908 Olympic Marathon.

Polytechnic Marathon

From 1938, the race ended at the new Polytechnic Harriers stadium in Chiswick, west London.



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Buddy Edelen

That record stood just two days short of a year, as England's Basil Heatley ran 2:13:56 at the 1964 Polytechnic Marathon (which was held on July 13).