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The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner: An Unfit Londoner's Attempt to Run the New York City Marathon from Scratch
Russell F. Taylor
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner is one comparatively unfit 39-year old Londoner's humorous account of his attempt to run the New York marathon from scratch. (He chose the pre-Thanksgiving race in the Big Apple to avoid adding to his ordeal by having to train during the British winter.) Inspired by the charity running of friends, Russell Taylor set himself the challenge of doing what Pheidippides first had done. But to spare himself the post-event trauma of trying to extract money from the reluctant grasp of his sponsors, he decided to write a book about his experiences and donate ... Read more
The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner is one comparatively unfit 39-year old Londoner's humorous account of his attempt to run the New York marathon from scratch. (He chose the pre-Thanksgiving race in the Big Apple to avoid adding to his ordeal by having to train during the British winter.) Inspired by the charity running of friends, Russell Taylor set himself the challenge of doing what Pheidippides first had done. But to spare himself the post-event trauma of trying to extract money from the reluctant grasp of his sponsors, he decided to write a book about his experiences and donate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Andre Deutsch Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780233050096
SKU
V9780233050096
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About Russell F. Taylor
Russell Taylor is the copy-writing arm of the partnership that produces the "Alex" cartoon strip in The Daily Telegraph. He likes his sport, but until setting himself this challenge not quite enough to get him out of the pub and into the gym. He lives in Muswell Hill in north London. He also writes TV music. In addition to an ... Read more
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