Book: Marathon Man
Author: Bill Rogers
Pages: 336
This is my 179th read for the year
What Amazon Says:
Within a span of 2 hours and 9 minutes, Bill Rogers 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 NY Marathon 4 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 breakthough 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 thier 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 US. By 2009, participants reached nearly half a million. 32 years later Bill Rodgers still possess the same warm, endearing, and whimsical spirit that turned him into one of America's most beloved athletes.
Not well written, but interesting story.
Stars: 3
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