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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Lane, Stephen (Educator), author.     Subjects     Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.     Women long-distance runners.     Marathon running -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lane, Stephen (Educator), author.       by title:      Long run to glory : ...         MARC Display

Long run to glory : the story of the greatest marathon in Olympic history and the women who made it happen / Stephen Lane. by Lane, Stephen (Educator), author. Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2023] Subjects Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.   Women long-distance runners.   Marathon running -- History. ISBN:  9781493073023 (hardcover) : 1493073028 (hardcover) Description:  viii, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Introduction. Prelude. Amsterdam, [August 2, 1928] -- Part 1. Kicking Down the Door: The Pioneer Era, 1966-1972 -- Proof of Concept: Crazylegs, New York, 1972 -- Interlude -- Party in the USA! America, the 1970s -- A Star is Born: Grete Waitz, New York 1978 -- Hat or Beer: Joan Benoit, Boston 1979 -- Interlude -- A World of (Limited) Opportunity: Waitz and Benoit, 1978-1979 -- Victory: Hansen, Switzer, and the Alphabet Soup, 1980-1981 -- Part 2. Interlude -- The Enemy Within: Waitz and Benoit, 1980-1981 -- For Love and Money: Roe and Waitz, 1981 -- Interlude -- Out with the Old? Benoit and Waitz, 1981-1982 -- Don't Call it a Comeback: Benoit and Waitz, 1982-1983 -- Interlude -- Part 3. Groundwork: Olympia and the World, 1983-1984 -- The Trials Before the Trials: Benoit, Spring 1984 -- The Trials: America's Best, May 12, 1984 -- The Games: Los Angeles, 1984 -- The Race: Los Angeles, August 5, 1984 -- Interlude -- Part 4. The Day After -- Twilight -- Dusk -- Postlude. [Cambridge, MA, August 12, 2019]. Requests:  0 Summary:  "At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, four of the greatest marathoners of all time lined up for one of the most important and long-awaited races in history. They were American Joan Benoit, Norwegians Grete Waitz and Ingrid Kristiansen, and Portugal's Rosa Mota. This is their story, and the story of the first ever women's Olympic marathon"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 796.42082 La Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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