The London Marathon : The History of the Greatest Race on Earth by John Bryant (2006)
Read: November 2010
I read this leading up to the Pharoanic Run. It was a really good book to read at that time - getting me into the mind set of running a race!
It is a history of the London Marathon, but it also interspersed with a history of the marathon as a race in itself. The marathon as a race seems to have kicked off from the jogging boom and from a few city marathon races, the London Marathon was born. What was interesting is how it was really just a couple of guys who started the London Marathon off - their idea and persistance to get the permissions and get people on the streets. Each year of the race it got bigger and bigger leading to where it is today as a gold mine for sponsors and charities, as well as for top atheletes.
I've enjoyed reading sporting books before (the Bannister / one-minute mile one was good) and this was the same - getting you really into the zone and feeling the sport. I finished it just before the race and chapters that were about "the wall" and training and the crowds relaly got my heart pumping ready for my own race.
Read: November 2010
I read this leading up to the Pharoanic Run. It was a really good book to read at that time - getting me into the mind set of running a race!
It is a history of the London Marathon, but it also interspersed with a history of the marathon as a race in itself. The marathon as a race seems to have kicked off from the jogging boom and from a few city marathon races, the London Marathon was born. What was interesting is how it was really just a couple of guys who started the London Marathon off - their idea and persistance to get the permissions and get people on the streets. Each year of the race it got bigger and bigger leading to where it is today as a gold mine for sponsors and charities, as well as for top atheletes.
I've enjoyed reading sporting books before (the Bannister / one-minute mile one was good) and this was the same - getting you really into the zone and feeling the sport. I finished it just before the race and chapters that were about "the wall" and training and the crowds relaly got my heart pumping ready for my own race.
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