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, readers will find the true
story of Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon; they will read
text from the world's first newspaper report of a footrace (1719).
The 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). Further, it
tells more modern stories, like those of women's marathon activist,
Kathrine Switzer. 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 those from
his investigation of the tragedy during the 1928 Olympics when most
of the women running the 800 meters collapsed in distress. 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.
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