The Marine Corps Marathon
Description
Marine Corps Marathon: A Running Tradition captures the soul of this unique event and explains what “The People’s Marathon” represents.
The book is written from the heart and by those who have a personal connection to the race, the race directors and runners. It represents an indispensable piece of literature for runners and spectators.
What makes this race so special is that the organization of the marathon is treated like a military maneuver and the race course becomes the battle site. The experience of planning and structuring military tasks helps the Marine Corps to perfectly organize this event.
More than 330,000 runners have crossed the finish line since 1976. Their stories are captured within these pages: including their joy and triumph, as well as their mental and physical pain, which they endured while covering 26.2 miles. To support the text, this book includes a collection of pictures dating as far back as 1976. There are top athletes who run alongside amateur runners, as well as celebrities, such as Oprah Winfrey. The
appendices are an extensive collection of race statistical facts and top performances.
The heart of the race is in the heart of the runners.
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Banker, GeorgeTSgt. George Banker, U.S. Air Force Reserves (retired), serves on the Ad Hoc Publicity Committee of the Marine Corps Marathon as the historian. He is a journalist and photographer. He received 14 military decorations, including the Air Force Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. He was raised in a Marine Corps family. Banker is currently the Operations Manager for the Army Ten-Miler, the largest 10-mile road race in the United States. He coordinates the race site logistics at the Pentagon and sets the race organizational plans. Banker is an avid runner who completed 65 marathons, including 23 Marine Corps Marathons and the JFK 50 Miler. He is a senior writer for the Runner’s Gazette, a correspondent and photographer for the National Master News, the Running Journal, and the Washington Running Report. MARINE CORPS More books by this author |
Galloway, Jeff Jeff Galloway was an average teenage runner who kept learning and working harder, until he became an Olympian. He is the author of the best-selling running book in North America (“Galloway’s Book on Running”) and is a Runners World columnist, as well as an inspirational speaker for more than 200 running and fitness sessions each year. He has worked with over 150,000 average people in training for specific goals and Galloway’s quest for an injury-free marathon training program led him to develop group training programs in 1978. Galloway is the designer of the walk-run, low mileage marathon training program (Galloway RUN-WALK method) with an over 98% success rate. More books by this author |
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Additional Information
| Subtitle |
A Running Tradition |
| Delivery time |
2-3 Tage |
| ISBN |
978-1-84126-222-2 |
| Pages |
208 pages |
| Publisher |
Meyer & Meyer Sport |
| Print run |
1st edition |
| Format specifications |
full-color print, 150 color and b/w photos, paperback, 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 |
| Date of publication |
1 Jan 2007 |
