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26 Miles to Boston: The Boston Marathon Experience from Hopkinton to Copley Square

3.8/5 ( ratings)

26 MILES TO BOSTON slips squarely into the running shoes and minds of the athletes as they traverse the 26-mile, 385-yard course of America's most venerated long-distance race.
From suburban Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the center of metropolitan Boston, here are the mile-by-mile sights and sounds experienced by the runners. Interwoven throughout is the colorful history of the men and women of manifold skills who have competed in this preeminent event over the span of more than a century.
Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps, 26 MILES TO BOSTON is a book for anyone who's ever wondered what it might be like to run the Boston Marathon.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Lyons Press

Release: March 01, 2003

ISBN: 1585748285

ISBN 13: 9781585748280

26 Miles to Boston: The Boston Marathon Experience from Hopkinton to Copley Square

3.8/5 ( ratings)

26 MILES TO BOSTON slips squarely into the running shoes and minds of the athletes as they traverse the 26-mile, 385-yard course of America's most venerated long-distance race.
From suburban Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the center of metropolitan Boston, here are the mile-by-mile sights and sounds experienced by the runners. Interwoven throughout is the colorful history of the men and women of manifold skills who have competed in this preeminent event over the span of more than a century.
Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps, 26 MILES TO BOSTON is a book for anyone who's ever wondered what it might be like to run the Boston Marathon.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Lyons Press

Release: March 01, 2003

ISBN: 1585748285

ISBN 13: 9781585748280

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