Forever At The Finish Line: The Quest To Honor New York City Marathon Founder Fred Lebow With A Statue In Central Park
by Daniel S. Mitrovic /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Forever at the Finish Line
Forever at the Finish Line tells the remarkable and
inspiring story of Daniel Mitrovich, a runner from San Diego who
had a goal of putting a life-size statue of New York Marathon
founder Fred Lebow in Central Park. New York’s parks commissioner
Henry Stern said “It will be easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than to put a statue in Central Park.” It would not
be easy for someone who lacked financial backing and who wasn’t
even a New Yorker to make this happen. But with the faith and
blessing of Fred Lebow, the support of his family, and his own
personal determination, he knew it would happen. His journey
involved crossing the continent many times, securing the support of
some of the most famous runners of our time, including Joan Benoit
Samuelson, Grete Waitz, Alberto Salazar, Bill Rodgers, and Carl
Lewis. He would ultimately gain the endorsements of some of the
most powerful political people of our time: presidents George
Herbert Walker Bush and William Jefferson Clinton, Governor Andrew
Cuomo, US senators Alan K. Simpson and Al D’Amato, Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani, and thirteen members of Congress. Daniel Mitrovich’s
personal story will show you that if you pursue a dream with the
right intent you will be “Forever at the Finish Line.”
tells the remarkable and
inspiring story of Daniel Mitrovich, a runner from San Diego who
had a goal of putting a life-size statue of New York Marathon
founder Fred Lebow in Central Park. New York’s parks commissioner
Henry Stern said “It will be easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than to put a statue in Central Park.” It would not
be easy for someone who lacked financial backing and who wasn’t
even a New Yorker to make this happen. But with the faith and
blessing of Fred Lebow, the support of his family, and his own
personal determination, he knew it would happen. His journey
involved crossing the continent many times, securing the support of
some of the most famous runners of our time, including Joan Benoit
Samuelson, Grete Waitz, Alberto Salazar, Bill Rodgers, and Carl
Lewis. He would ultimately gain the endorsements of some of the
most powerful political people of our time: presidents George
Herbert Walker Bush and William Jefferson Clinton, Governor Andrew
Cuomo, US senators Alan K. Simpson and Al D’Amato, Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani, and thirteen members of Congress. Daniel Mitrovich’s
personal story will show you that if you pursue a dream with the
right intent you will be “Forever at the Finish Line.”