Nina Kuscsik (born January 2, 1939) is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who has participated in over 80 marathons.
[4] She continued running into her later years and was the first woman to finish the Empire State Building Run-Up in 1979, 1980 and 1981.
[7] Kuscsik believes that running creates a sense of calmness that is applicable to other parts of life [8] She was instrumental in influencing the U.S.
[10] That year Kuscsik, Pat Barrett, Lynn Blackstone, Liz Franceschini, Cathy Miller, and Jane Muhrke protested the rule of the Amateur Athletic Union that women marathoners had to start their race ten minutes before or after the men, which as implemented by the New York City Marathon that year meant that women had to start running ten minutes before the men.
She raised her two sons and one daughter in South Huntington, New York, in a house she bought in 1965 with her husband at the time.