Career

Bingham was a writer and editor at Sports Illustrated from 1955-1989 During his career at Sports Illustrated he covered tennis, baseball, golf, college football and bridge. In 1982, he was named Assistant Managing Editor. In 1983, Bingham left Sports Illustrated to join Time magazine at the request of its Managing Editor, Ray Cave.

There, he helped organize coverage of the 1984 Winter and Summer Olympics.

In 2002, Bingham joined the Cape Cod Times as a sports columnist. His primary topic is Professional Golf Association golf, but he also muses on life on Cape Cod and running.

In 1963, while covering the Boston Marathon for Sports Illustrated, it dawned on Bingham that here was a major sporting event which the average man could enter. On lunch hours he trained for the race after the summer of 1964 in the West. 63rd Street Young Men’s Christian Association in New New York

With only about 350 runners, Bingham ran Boston in 1965 in 3:45 and finished 200th.

After five straight appearances in Boston, Bingham retired from marathoning. His personal best was 3:22 in 1966. He finished the New York Marathon in 3:36 in 1980.

In 1981, he finished with a personal best of 3:13.

He explained his unusual improvement running over the age of 50, "The nice thing about this sport, is that you always seem to improve as long as you keep working at lieutenant"

In 2008, over 2000 runners participated in the event benefitting local charities.