Meet Dave Obelkevich: The 83-year-old who stumbled into the NYC Marathon on a Central Park jog in 1973, and is about to run his 50th consecutive this November

Back in 1973, Dave Obelkevich was just out for a jog in Central Park when he noticed something weird. A bunch of people were running around with numbers pinned to their shirts.

Turns out it was the New York City Marathon. Dave didn’t even know it was happening…