Running Throughout Time
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ISBN13: 9781782552413
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Every runner's story is part of a great tradition of running stories. Running Throughout Time tells the best and most important of them. From Atalanta, the heroic woman runner of ancient Greece-when goddesses advised on race tactics-to the new legends of Billy Mills, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Allison Roe (the modern Atalanta), this book brings the greatest runners back to life. It's the perfect runner's bedside storybook. Colorful, dramatic, alive with human insight and period detail, these stories are also full of new discoveries. Within these pages, you will find the true story of Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon; you will read text from the world's first newspaper report of a footrace (1719). This book uncovers important evidence of the first road races, the origins of cross-country running, and the earliest marathons, telling the true, story of the origins of the marathon and just why racers must run exactly 26 miles, 385 yards (42.2 km). New light is thrown on more modern stories like the first four-minute mile and the troublesome birth of the women's marathon. Author Roger Robinson is a vivid storyteller and a lifelong elite runner who knows the sport deeply and passionately, yet he is also a meticulous scholar who digs and digs until he gets the story right. He shares his findings here, such as exposing the conspiracy of the misreporting of the supposed collapse of women runners in the 1928 Olympic 800 meters. Roger has been everywhere in running: elite runner, masters champion, stadium announcer, TV commentator, researcher, and journalist. The stories in this book are selected because each is significant in the greater story of running and because Roger can bring something new and exciting to their telling. From variant translations of ancient poems, dusty stacks of old newspapers, crackly handwritten notebooks, and carefully studied film footage, Roger has done every kind of homework to get these unforgettable stories right. All runners should read this book to really know whose footsteps they run in and why running is worthy of the effort they give to it. Book jacket.
| ISBN-13 | 9781782552413 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1782552413 |
| Weight | 0.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.75 x 1.00 x 8.75 In |
| List Price | $18.95 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 440 pages |
| Publisher | Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH |
| Published On | 2022-05-03 |
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