26 Miles to Boston - The Boston Marathon Experience

Connelly, Michael

ISBN 10: 0940160781 / ISBN 13: 9780940160781

Published by Parnasseus Imprints, USA, 1998

About this Item

The Boston Marathon, 200 pages of running heaven, SIGNED by the Author Connelly. Seller Inventory # 010819

Bibliographic Details

Title: 26 Miles to Boston - The Boston Marathon ...

Publisher: Parnasseus Imprints, USA

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: By the Author

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

26 MILES TO BOSTON slips squarely into the running shoes and minds of the athletes as they traverse the 26-mile, 385-yard course of America's most venerated long-distance race.
From suburban Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the center of metropolitan Boston, here are the mile-by-mile sights and sounds experienced by the runners. Interwoven throughout is the colorful history of the men and women of manifold skills who have competed in this preeminent event over the span of more than a century.
Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps, 26 MILES TO BOSTON is a book for anyone who's ever wondered what it might be like to run the Boston Marathon.

From the Back Cover:

26 Miles to Boston is a colorful and moving portrait of what it feels like to run the Boston Marathon - and it puts readers squarely into the running shoes of anyone who has attempted the world's most prestigious long-distance race.
From the suburban town of Hopkinton to the center of metropolitan Boston, here are the mile-by-mile sights and sounds that confront the runners, and firsthand accounts - including the author's - of the pain and exhaustion they endure as they battle both the elements and the course's demanding terrain.
Here also is a rich and inspiring history of the marathon and of the men and women of varying skills and abilities whose own struggles, small victories, and personal triumphs have colored this magnificent event.