Guinness Book of the Marathon - Hardcover

THE GUINNESS BOOK OF THE MARATHON includes a myriad of information from every corner of the globe: the highlights of all important Games marathons and international races, biographies of the leading runners -î past and present, coverage of all the world's major marathon nations, and such unusual information as:
The British runner who turned professional at the age of 15 and ran 31 distance races the following year
The South African who was deprived of a world record because the timekeepers had not expected his arrival and were drinking tea
The American who first ran at Boston in 1928 and has missed only four races in 55 at that venue since, winning twice
The Japanese runner who dropped out of an Olympic race and made his way home without telling any of the officials
The Italian who travelled to the Olympics on foot at his own expense only to be refused entry to the marathon on his arrival