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The JFK 50 Mile or the JFK 50 Mile Memorial is an ultramarathon that takes place annually in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The first race was held on 30 March 1963, one of numerous 50-mile (80 km) races that year. After the Kennedy assassination, many of these events were never held again. [1]
John F. Kennedy came into office with a goal of improving the health of the nation as part of his New Frontier policy program. As President-elect, he wrote an article for Sports Illustrated, December 26, 1960, called "The Soft American" which warned that Americans were becoming unfit in a changing world where automation and increased leisure time replaced the benefits of exercise and hard work.
Rachel Drake won the JFK 50 Mile women's race in 5:57:32, lowering the women's record by more than eight minutes. Drake and Mary Denholm, 37, of Erie, Colorado, went out together early and were ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.91 square miles (7.54 km 2), of which 2.90 square miles (7.51 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. [7] Boonsboro is the starting point for the JFK 50 mile race held every year in November.
The 61st annual JFK 50 Mile — the oldest ultramarathon in the U.S. — will be held Saturday in Washington County, starting at 6:30 a.m. in downtown Boonsboro and finishing at Springfield Middle ...
Zee Lindecamp (left), Will Wright (middle) and Mason Jenkins stand in downtown Boonsboro before the start of the 62nd annual JFK 50 Mile on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024.
After his win of the JFK 50 Mile in 2013 with the third fastest time in course history, [3] he turned pro while continuing his cruise ship work. [4] In 2015, his win of Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc's 105 kilometres (65 mi) Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) was the first American win of that race.
On "60 Minutes: A Second Look," a new podcast, former Secret Service agent Clint Hill remembers his emotional interview with Mike Wallace in 1975 about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.