446: Vincent Chiappetta - New York As We Know It

Published: April 15, 2020, 10 a.m.

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Vincent Chiappetta is the co-founder and the fourth president of\\xa0New York Road Runners, and has been running for over 71 years.

He was the Yin to\\xa0Fred Lebow\\u2019s\\xa0Yang when they co-founded New York Road Runners and the New York City Marathon.

During his heyday, he ran a total of 114 marathons, 50 of them under 2:40. Flirting with his 90s, he still teaches at\\xa0Yeshiva University.

He is the author of New York As We Know It...

Very few people have been around the New York City running scene longer than this man.\\xa0 Hear his story and more about his book on this engaging episode with a true New York Legend pulled from Bedside Reading\'s Authors That Thrive.

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