Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Mary Wittenberg Describes How She Got Into Running and NYRR

Interesting bit from NY 1 on Mary Wittenberg, head of the New York Road Runners; there is also a video on the site

One On 1: Road Runners Head Mary Wittenberg Goes The Distance For NYC Marathon

By: Budd Mishkin

Mary Wittenberg took a significant cut in pay when she became head of the New York Road Runners, but the executive in charge of the New York City Marathon has been able to go great distances for the city and competitive running.  NY1's Budd Mishkin filed the following "One On 1" report.

Mary Wittenberg is the head of New York Road Runners and is in charge of the New York City Marathon, so I hoped to get some pointers on my running style.

"Full of potential," Wittenberg says. "I think that you have a little [of Ethiopian running champion] Haile Gebrselassie to you.... A little bit of a bounce to your stride, big happy smile."

Read on here.

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