Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World

Rodgers, Bill; Shepatin, Matthew

ISBN 10: 1250016983 / ISBN 13: 9781250016980

Published by Thomas Dunne Books, 2013

Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Signed by Bill Rodgers on the front end page. Light chipping to the dust jacket. Light bowing to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.24. Seller Inventory # 736079168

Synopsis:

The legendary long-distance runner details his historic victory in the 1975 Boston Marathon that launched the modern running boom

Within a span of two hours and nine minutes, Bill Rodgers went from obscurity to legend, from Bill Rodgers to "Boston Billy." In doing so, he instantly became the people's champ and the poster boy for the soulful 1970s distance runner. Having won the Boston Marathon and New York Marathon four times each, he remains the only marathoner to have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice. Winning the Holy Grail of marathons in an unthinkable record time changed Bill's life forever.

But his dramatic breakthrough in Boston also changed the lives of countless others, instilling in other American runners the belief that they could follow in his footsteps, and inspiring thousands of regular people to lace up their shoes and chase down their own dreams. In the year before Rodger's victory at the 1975 Boston Marathon, 20,000 people had completed a marathon in the United States. By 2009, participants reached nearly half a million.

Thirty-seven years later Bill Rodgers still possesses the same warm, endearing, and whimsical spirit that turned him into one of America's most beloved athletes. In Marathon Man he details for the first time this historic race and the events that led him there.

About the Author:

A four-time winner of the Boston and NYC Marathons, BILL RODGERS holds five current American records and one current world record. A spokesperson for the Etonic Shoe Company, Running Times and the Bill Rodgers Running Center, he was inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 1998.

MATTHEW SHEPATIN has written for the New York Post, Esquire, Playboy, New York Magazine, The Village Voice, and co-authored You Can't Catch Sunshine with Jets Hall of Famer Don Maynard.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from ...
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Signed: signed and inscribed by author
Edition: First Edition.