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Lead Stories: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

New book captures spirit of Marine Corps Marathon

Posted September 10th, 2007 at 11:45 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Books

“The Marine Corps Marathon, A Running Tradition” is a new book which captures the history of the Marine Corps Marathon through the individual stories of previous runners.

Written by George Banker, the race historian, the book is “written from the heart and by those who have a personal connection to the race,” according to promotional material received at the Race Results Weekly office.

The book is available directly from the publisher, Meyer & Meyer Sportverlag at this link:

http://www.m-m-sports.com/shop.php?r=1,4&object_id=3256

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TFS Book Review:
“The Lore of Running”

Posted January 16th, 2007 at 8:17 AM by Lora Burnett

Section: Motivation, Books, Special Features, TFS Reviews

It has been called “the Bible for runners” — perhaps because of its sheer bulk, or the scope of its reference, or the personal and mostly benevolent voice of the author. But most of the time, when a book is referred to as “the Bible” on a subject, this means it is an authoritative and comprehensive source of knowledge or guidance on a particular subject.

In that sense, The Lore of Running, by Tim Noakes, M.D., is indeed the Bible for runners. Noakes’ book, with 710 pages of text and an 86-page bibliography, is biblical in proportion. Further, on every page Noakes offers readers a vast store of knowledge touching on practically every aspect of running.
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