Running Throughout Time: The Greatest Running Stories Ever Told

Running Throughout Time is a book that brings the greatest runners back to life, featuring stories from Atalanta, Billy Mills, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Allison Roe. It also uncovers important evidence of the first road races, the origins of cross-country running, and the earliest marathons. Roger Robinson is a vivid storyteller and a lifelong elite runner who knows the sport deeply and passionately.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 440 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2022
Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK) Ltd

Every runner's tale is a chapter in the rich history of running stories. Running Throughout Time presents the finest and most significant of them. This book brings the greatest runners back to life, from Atalanta, the legendary female runner of ancient Greece, who received goddesses' race strategy advice, to the new legends of Billy Mills, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Allison Roe (the modern Atalanta). It's the ideal bedside book for runners. These tales are colorful, dramatic, full of human insight, and rich in historical detail. Readers will discover the real story of Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon within these pages, as well as text from the world's first newspaper account of a footrace (1719). The book reveals significant evidence of the first road races, the origins of cross-country running, and the earliest marathons, revealing the true origins of the marathon and the reason why racers must run exactly 26 miles, 385 yards (42.2 km). Furthermore, it tells more modern stories, such as those of women's marathon activist Kathrine Switzer. Roger Robinson is a dynamic storyteller and a lifelong elite runner who knows the sport inside and out, but he is also a meticulous researcher 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 to the greater story of running, and Roger can bring something new and exciting to their telling. From variant translations of ancient poems to dusty stacks of old newspapers.

Dimension: 216 x 140 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781782552413