Marathon!: The Story of the Greatest Race on Earth

by Collings, Timothy; Sykes, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9781852271145
• ISBN10: 1852271140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Table of Contents

Lausanne -- The Man Who Guards the Gates of Glory Over the Lake	1	(6)
History 1 -- Origins of an Ancient Race	7	(8)
Singapore -- Blood and Guts, Defiance and Endurance	15	(14)
History 2 -- Birth of the Modern Marathon by the Aegean Sea	29	(8)
Boston -- Home of the `Star-Spangled' Marathon	37	(8)
History 3 -- Early Pace-Setters Feel the Heat	45	(12)
Atlantis -- A Watery and Mythological Affair	57	(8)
History 4 -- Establishing the Distance and the Rules, in London and Stockholm	65	(8)
Berlin -- The Tears of an Anonymous Hero	73	(8)
History 5 -- Finns Fly in Antwerp and Paris	81	(6)
Helsinki and Oslo -- Unnatural Heroes and Natural Athletes	87	(12)
History 6 -- Spanning the World: Amsterdam to Los Angeles	99	(6)
Seoul and Tokyo -- Men of Pride, Women of Courage	105	(11)
History 7 -- From Nazism to Peace, Asian Record-Breakers Open up the World	116	(7)
Prague -- Source of Stamina, Home of Heroes	123	(8)
History 8 -- A New World Order, Helsinki to Melbourne	131	(6)
Melbourne -- The Past is a Foreign Country	137	(10)
History 9 -- Ex Africa Semper . . .' Rome and Tokyo Fall to the First Double Winner	147	(6)
Addis Ababa -- Triumph of the Africans	153	(12)
History 10 -- Mexico and Munich: Black Power to Black September	165	(8)
New York. New York -- The Endless Race of Universal Appeal	173	(8)
History 11 -- Montreal to Moscow with a Disgraced Double Winner	181	(6)
London -- Running, and Singing in the Rain	187	(10)
History 12 -- Los Angeles to Seoul: Into Uncharted Waters	197	(10)
Bedford -- The Woman Who Runs for Glory	207	(8)
History 13 -- Spain to Sydney: Running Free	215	(12)
Last Lap	227	(2)
Index	229