| 词条 | Ted Corbitt |
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Corbitt also developed standards to accurately measure courses and certify races. The technique involved the use of a calibrated bicycle and has been adopted worldwide. Personal and professional lifeThe grandson of slaves, Corbitt was born on a cotton farm near Dunbarton, South Carolina. He ran shorter track events in high school and at the University of Cincinnati. Due to the racial discrimination common at the time, he was sometimes banned from track meets when white athletes refused to compete against him, nor was he sometimes able to stay in the same lodgings while traveling to competitions, even in the South during the 1950s. After army service in World War II, attending on the G.I. Bill, Corbitt earned a graduate degree in physical therapy from New York University, where he later lectured. He was a physiotherapist for more than 40 years.[4] Racing and trainingCorbitt joined the nation's first integrated running organization, the New York Pioneer Club, in 1947.[5] In 1951, he completed his first of 22 Boston Marathons, in 2:48.42.[6] He competed in the Marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. In January 1954, he won the Philadelphia Marathon, the first of his four wins in that city's event. In May 1954, he won the Yonkers Marathon, becoming the U.S. National Marathon Champion. At various times, Corbitt held the U.S. distance running records for 25 miles, the marathon, 40 miles, 50 miles and 100 miles. He remained a nationally competitive runner well into his fifties. On April 15, 1974, Corbitt finished his last Boston Marathon at age 55. His time of 2:49:16 was only 34 seconds slower than his 1951 time. In 1974 race, he wore patches and wires on his chest for a medical experiment done by San Francisco physician-researcher and pioneer female marathoner, Dr. Joan Ullyot. He competed in 223 marathons in his extended career.[6] For many years, Corbitt ran more than 20 miles a day from his home near Broadway and the Harlem River, in The Bronx, New York City, to his office in downtown Manhattan. On some days, he also ran back home. At his peak, Corbitt ran up to 200 miles a week, far more than almost any other distance runner, though workouts by his English contemporary, Arthur Keily, mirrored his exhausting regimen. Corbitt ran most of his training miles at a fast pace. One of his standard workouts involved running 17 miles on a track, followed by 13 miles on roads. During one week in 1962, Corbitt ran 300 miles. He then traveled to England and competed in the 54 mile London to Brighton road race, finishing fourth. In his final ultra-distance race, held in 2003, he completed 68 miles in a 24-hour race at Brooklyn's Flushing Meadow Park. Other contributions to runningCorbitt served as an unpaid official of many running organizations, including the Amateur Athletic Union. He was the co-founder and first president of the New York Road Runners and third President of Road Runners Club of America. He helped plan the New York City Marathon course.[7] Corbitt served on various boards and committees for over 50 years. He helped create the masters division for runners over 40. In the early 1960s, Corbitt's influence was second to none in the adoption of precision measurement and certification of road race courses in the United States. Until that time, the practice had regularly been haphazard, with officials often simply driving a vehicle on a course and watching its speedometer. Corbitt's measurement method involved carefully calibrating a bicycle wheel, then riding the courses with it, mechanically counting the number of revolutions. This technique was based on the work of John Jewell of Great Britain.[8] This Jones Counter method is still in use today. In 1998, Corbitt was among the first five runners to be inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame. Corbitt was also inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame, on its inauguration in April 2006. In 2003, at 84, Corbitt completed a 24-hour race by walking 68 miles, finishing 17th in a field of 35. Some runners were awed by his presence; others had no idea who he was. At 87, he was still volunteering at ultramarathon races in New York and sometimes even competing. He continued to treat physiotherapy patients. At the time of his death, Corbitt had embarked on a project to walk all the streets of Manhattan. Corbitt never smoked and his only drink was a single can of beer while in the army. He practiced self-massage, carefully chewed every mouthful of food, and drank lots of water. He was a soft-spoken and gentle man who rarely spoke. He was an avid photographer and would attend many athletic events sporting a 35-mm camera until he died, in Houston, Texas. USATF has named their annual "Men’s Road Ultra Runner of the Year" award in his honor.[9]Books
References1. ^1 "Heroes of Running", interview by Gail Kislevitz in Runner's World, December 2007, p. 70. Corbitt confirmed 1919 to the interviewer as his year of birth. Website Dedicated to Preserving the Legacy of Ted Corbitt - the History of Track & Field and Long Distance Running http://tedcorbitt.com/2. ^Corbitt: The Story of Ted Corbitt, Long Distance Runner. John Chodes, Tafnews Press, 1974. The year of birth given in this book, 1920, and related age data, are erroneous per the preceding source (the athlete himself) and the cited obituaries. 3. ^[https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/distance-running-inspiration-ted-corbitt-pass Distance running inspiration Ted Corbitt passes away at 88] 4. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/sports/othersports/13corbitt.html?ref=obituaries "Ted Corbitt, a Pioneer in American Distance Running, Dies at 88" (New York Times obituary by Frank Litsky)] Retrieved 2007-12-13 5. ^"Theodore Corbitt 1919–2007 An American Pioneer", Gary Corbitt. Retrieved 24 June 2014. 6. ^1 [https://trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/showthread.php?148607-17-Dates-in-Boston-Marathon-Running-History Boston Marathon History], Track and Field News, April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2018. 7. ^{{cite book |last1=Corbitt |first1=Ted |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |authorlink2= |editor1-first=Gail Waesche |editor1-last=Kislevitz |editor1-link= |others= |title=The Spirit of the Marathon: What to Expect in Your First Marathon and How to Run Them the Rest of Your Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FADySOIwAOkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false |format= |accessdate= |type= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year=2003 |month= |origyear= |publisher=Breakaway Books |location=Halcottsville, New York |language= |isbn=9781891369360 |oclc= |doi= |id= |page=234 |pages= |at= |trans-chapter=|chapter=Ted Corbitt: A Willingness to Suffer |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=FADySOIwAOkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA234#v=onepage&q&f=false |quote= |ref= |bibcode= |laysummary= |laydate= |separator= |postscript= |lastauthoramp=}} 8. ^"John Jewell - the developer of modern course measurement in England" 9. ^http://www.usatf.org/News/News-and-Notes---December-10,-2014.aspx External links
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