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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 Greecewhen goddesses advised on race tacticsto 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.

ISBN-13: 9781782552413

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport

Publication Date: 05-03-2022

Pages: 320

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

Roger Robinson is a unique combination of long-time elite runner, award-winning writer, literary scholar, historian, and front-line journalist. Roger’s When Running Made History was widely praised as “the best book ever about running.” His earlier Heroes and Sparrows: A Celebration of Running, Running in Literature, and 26.2 Marathon Stories are regarded as classics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Atalanta: The Founding Myth for Women's Running and the First Runners' Love Story 12

Chapter 2 Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon FAQ 22

Chapter 3 The Messengers 40

Chapter 4 Hell and Fury Sykes 54

Chapter 5 Sam Runs With the Hounds and Three Great Sports Begin: An Experiment in Biography 72

Chapter 6 Spyridon Louis and the Art of Pace Judgment-Athens 1896 90

Chapter 7 The Fascinating Struggle: Near-Death Drama at the Great White City - London 1908 106

Chapter 8 Marathon Mania - New York 1908-1911 137

Chapter 9 The First Great Women's Track Race: How Many Collapsed? - Amsterdam 1928 170

Chapter 10 Three Heroes of Berlin - Olympic Games 1936 187

Chapter 11 The Story of the Four-Minute Mile 220

Chapter 12 The Most Sensational Last Lap in History: Billy Mills's Olympic Dream - Tokyo 1964 241

Chapter 13 Out of the Tunnel: Joan Benoit and the Women's Marathon - Los Angeles 1984 253

Chapter 14 The New Atalanta: Allison Roe 275

Bibliography 297

About the Author 304