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Marathon man : my 26.2-mile journey from unknown grad student to the top of the running world / Bill Rodgers and Matthew Shepatin.

by Rodgers, Bill, 1947-

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New York : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2013.

Rodgers, Bill, 1947-

Runners (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.

Marathon running -- United States.

9781250016980 (hardcover)

1250016983 (hardcover)

viii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Relax, Mr. President -- The teachings of Amby Burfoot -- The full twenty miles -- Blown off course -- Racing to the morgue -- Washed out on Westland Ave. -- The writing on the hospital wall -- Power of the emerald necklace -- Battle at Silver Lake -- Nothing but heartbreak -- Boston, you're my home -- San Blas -- Racing for blenders -- Will-ha -- Duel in Morocco -- I can't run that fast -- Lunch break runs -- The trials -- Feet, don't fail me now -- Showdown in New York -- More than a shoe store -- The forty-foot wave -- Still chasing butterflies.

A four-time winner of the Boston and NYC Marathons details his historic victory of the 1975 Boston Marathon, recounting the events that led to his achievement and his role in inspiring the modern running boom and the goals of countless fellow athletes.

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