Running Books
Like the movie, the book's focus is on Rome, one of the world's most atmospheric marathons.
A new edition of a book that has been called "one of the best running books of all time," timed for the 25th anniversary of its first publication, and aimed at a new generation of runners.
Original work by leading running journalists, literary scholars, creative writers and runners celebrates Roger Robinson's varied career.
26.2 Marathon Stories is, simply, the Book of the Marathon. It has been called one of the best five running books of all time
From ancient Greece to the most recent running books, Robinson brings into the light a key part of the history and the living culture of running.
A collection of 32 articles on all aspects of running at the height of the 1980s boom. They take many forms - essays, memoirs, profiles, coaching articles, book reviews, even hilarious versions of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and the poet Chaucer.
