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Sears examines greek literature and early 20th century newspapers for exceptional running times and significant anecdotes and l...  Read More


His compelling story starts with the anthropological and physiological aspects of runningbefore the dawn of human beingsand lea...  Read More

Competitiveness


Ive enjoyed running and have done a lot of hiit over the last 20 years or so


Beyond the marathon – arthur newton and the bunion derbyemil zatopek – the beast from prague1954 the aau commissioned the aau s...  Read More


The following selections from the book will give you a glimpse of the book thoroughnessimprovements in timekeeping make running...  Read More

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  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 15 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 24 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would definitively recommend this book to anyone interested in footraces


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The following selections from the book will give you a glimpse of the book thoroughnessimprovements in timekeeping make running records possiblethe mile – origins of a classic footracesir john sinclair’s 1806 publishing “a collection of papers on the subject of athletic exercises”the advent of handicap sprint races which gave competitors of varying abilities equal footing in a race


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Course measurement was unreliable prior to 1880 making it hard to judge performances


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This issue continued to be a problem in road racing until the 1960s


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Covers had 25 track field athletes while from 2000 – 2014 there were only two covers


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Sears leaves readers throughout the book with a number of questions requiring further research in documenting running history


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ed sears takes us through the history of running in a fascinating way


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ed sears running through the ages is a painstaking work about running of all sorts imaginable

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