Running Through the Ages, 2d ed. by Edward S. Sears
By Edward S. Sears
20th century luminaries Helen Stephens, Jesse Owens, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zatopek, Bob Hayes, Abebe Bikila and Joan Benoit-Samuelson are incorporated, in addition to the Bunion Derby races of 1928–1929. New fabric for this revised and improved moment version comprises insurance of the Nineteen Seventies working increase, girls marathon pioneers, the impression of gear on working, and the feats of twenty first century runners similar to Usain Bolt, Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie.
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