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What's the best/most inspirational running-related book anyone has ever read? Fiction or non-fiction.
For fiction, I'd go for Tom McNab's "Flannagan's Run"; the story of a trans-American footrace set during the Depression.
Non-fiction: the two volume autobiography of Ron Hill. Part 1 "Nearly To The Top" and part 2: "To The Peak And Beyond"...
...Far from being the mere inventor of the "Trackster" running pants; this man...
... competed in 3 Olympic Games (Tokyo '64, Mexico '68 and Munich '72)...
...Won the English National Cross-Country title twice...
...Won the European Marathon in Athens in '69...
...Won the Commonwealth Marathon in Edinburgh in'70 with a time of 2-09-28...
...Won the Boston Marathon in '70 (the only British runner to do so)...
...Achieved a then World-best time at 20 miles on the road of 1-36-28...
...Held World records at 10 miles, 15 miles and 25K.
Reading how these things were achieved is at times truly astounding. And inspirational.
For fiction, I'd go for Tom McNab's "Flannagan's Run"; the story of a trans-American footrace set during the Depression.
Non-fiction: the two volume autobiography of Ron Hill. Part 1 "Nearly To The Top" and part 2: "To The Peak And Beyond"...
...Far from being the mere inventor of the "Trackster" running pants; this man...
... competed in 3 Olympic Games (Tokyo '64, Mexico '68 and Munich '72)...
...Won the English National Cross-Country title twice...
...Won the European Marathon in Athens in '69...
...Won the Commonwealth Marathon in Edinburgh in'70 with a time of 2-09-28...
...Won the Boston Marathon in '70 (the only British runner to do so)...
...Achieved a then World-best time at 20 miles on the road of 1-36-28...
...Held World records at 10 miles, 15 miles and 25K.
Reading how these things were achieved is at times truly astounding. And inspirational.