The first New York City Marathon was held in 1970 with a course entirely in Central Park. The entry fee was just $1 and only 55 out of the 127 entrants finished, receiving cheap wristwatches and baseball or bowling trophies as prizes. Today, the New York City Marathon is the world’s largest and most popular marathon, with over 52,000 finishers in 2018.
In the above photograph taken by Emile Bocian, Kenny Moore of Oregon crosses the finish line of the 1979 New York City Marathon; placing 51st out of 10,455 runners with an official time of 2:25:13. Last year, Nancy Yao Maasbach, President of MOCA, and Yue Ma, Director of Collections at MOCA ran as two of the seven members on the MOCA charity team. The team raised a total of $88,000 to support the museum’s mission. They are both running again this year.
Today MOCA Spike 150 Stories crosses its finish line as well. Thank you for following along on our journey through 150 stories told from items in MOCA’s collection. Next week, our team of 42 runners will participate in the 49 th New York City Marathon. To support MOCA’s mission and help us beat last year’s fundraising record, you can donate to the MOCA Team here. Wish our runners luck as they run on Sunday, November 3rd!
1970年，纽约马拉松首次举办，当时整个赛道都在中央公园里。报名费只有1美元，127名参赛者中只有55人完成了比赛，他们获得了便宜的手表和棒球或保龄球奖杯作为奖品。今天，纽约马拉松是世界上规模最大、最受欢迎的马拉松比赛，2018年有超过5.2万名选手完成比赛。
上图由包信（Emile Bocian）拍摄，俄勒冈州的Kenny Moore通过1979年纽约马拉松终点线；在10,455名选手中排名51，官方成绩为2小时25分13秒。去年，美国华人博物馆（MOCA）馆长姚南薰（Nancy Yao Maasbach），馆藏研究中心主任马越（Yue Ma）加入MOCA七人慈善团队完成了比赛，为MOCA 的发展募款8万8千元。她们二位今年将继续加入MOCA慈善团队参加比赛。
今天，MOCA Spike 150的故事也讲完了。感谢你们一路跟随我们一起领略了这150个MOCA馆藏中的美国华人历史故事。下周，我们MOCA慈善团队和大使团队的42位跑者将上场参加第49届纽约马拉松比赛。请支持MOCA的使命并帮助我们打破去年的募款记录，您可以在这里捐款给MOCA团队，祝我们的队员11月3日比赛好运！
Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.
2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年，为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献， MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories！ 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑，全国线上接力，以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事，敬请大家持续关注， 讲出华人自己的故事，回顾过去，立足现在，展望未来，共同书写美国历史，使之更加充实完整。