Runners on Running The Best Nonfiction of Distance Running

Name: Runners on Running The Best Nonfiction of Distance Running
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ISBN: 9780736095709

ISBN-10: 0736095705

ISBN-13: 9780736095709

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard Elliott

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Offers inspirational stories, humorous accounts, and pivotal moments in the sport of running.Contributors include such writers as Amby Burfoot, Kenny Moore, Kathrine Switzer, Don Kardong, and many others.Stories focus on the various challenges runners faced and how they overcame them.Selections grouped into seven themes that encompass the runner's experience: spirit, body, mind, mentor, race, kinship, and hero.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Publication date: 11/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.96" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



acknowledgments


introduction


spirit


Running



Runners



One Runner's Beginnings



Seasons



body


My Old Buick



Machine



White Men Can't Run



Evolution of Intelligent Running Ape People



mind


I Don't Like to Run Long Distances



The Outer Limits/Running Into the Abyss



The Bridge



mentor


Running for Their Lives



Lornah and Her Camp for Girls



The Man



Running With Ghosts



race


Four-Minute Mile



Get the Hell Out of My Race and Give Me Those Numbers!



Me and Julio Down by the School Yard



The Dream Mile



Duel in the Sun



Mary vs. the Soviets



bonds


Chasing Justice



The Brotherhood



Someone to Run With



Team Hoyt Starts Again



heart


The Battle of a Lifetime



Through the Tunnel



But Only on Sunday: Ron Clarke



One One-Hundredth of a Second



The American Dreamer



In Pre's Footsteps



Toughest Miler Ever



about the editor


biographical notes