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Name: Guestimate of route of 1896 Marathon
Rating: unrated
Distance: 24.08 miles / 38.76 km
Location: Start: Summer St.
Wherever The Armory Was - Stamford, CT, US
Attributes: point-to-point, mostly hills, roads
Description: Based on some research (archival newspapers). This is my best guess of the route for the original 1896 marathon from the armory on Summer St. in Stamford CT to what was an athletic field complex called the Columbia Oval
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Added by lars on 1/13/2008
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by: Hugh Farey on 9/3/2009 1:03:37 AM
A good try, but the Armory was right at the end of Summer Street in Stamford, and you have ended at the wrong oval. Yours was a reservoir in 1896 (!) and the Columbia Oval was the other side of the road. Check out my "1896 Marathon" for another guestimate.

 

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