Six Days of New York

The Six Days of New York was once a legendary display of human endurance that defined an era of indoor sports in the city. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, these grueling cycling marathons challenged athletes to ride around a banked wooden track for six consecutive days and nights, often with minimal sleep. The event was so central to the city's sporting identity that it gave its name to the Madison team race, a cycling discipline still practiced today where riders tag their partners in and out of the action.