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Kings of the Road
Cameron Stracher
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Open Road Media
Open Road Media
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Watermark
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Publication Year:
2013
2013
ISBN-13:
9780547774008
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<DIV><B>A “lively, informative history” of distance running’s 1970s heyday—including the famous Falmouth Road Race—written “with a true fan’s contagious enthusiasm” (<I>Newsweek</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> It was 1978. Jimmy Carter was president; gas prices were soaring; and Americans were hunkering down to weather the economic crisis. But Jim Fixx’s <I>The Complete Book of Running</I> was a bestseller. Frank Shorter’s gold medal in the 1972 Olympic marathon had put distance running on the minds of many Americans. The odd activity of “jogging” became “running,” and America was in love.<BR />  <BR /> That summer, a junior from the University of Oregon named Alberto Salazar went up against Shorter and Boston Marathon champion Bill Rodgers at the Falmouth Road Race. Though he lost to Rodgers’s record-setting 32:21, the competition set the stage for an epic rivalry among the three greats. Each pushed the others to succeed and, in turn, inspired a nation of couch potatoes to put down the remote and lace up their sneakers.<BR />  <BR /> “[A] lively, informative history.” —<I> Newsweek</I>/<I>The Daily Beast</I><BR />  <BR /> “Essential reading for runners both competitive and casual.” —<I>Kirkus Reviews</I><BR />  <BR /> “<I>Kings of the Road</I> is about marathon legends. It’s about running Fast. It’s about Will. It’s about the Real. It’s about drama of the finest kind.” —Bernd Heinrich, author of <I>Why We Run </I>and<I> Racing the Antelope</I><BR />  <BR /> “A rollicking, informed account of . . . how distance running helped define a generation.” —John Brant, author of <I>Duel in the Sun</I> and coauthor with Alberto Salazar of <I>14 Minutes</I></DIV>
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