Take The London Marathon Fabricated By John Bryant Expressed As E-Text

easy to read chronicle of London Marathon as well as Marathon itself in the modern age, It contains many funny and useful anecdotes of people who have been participated in various form in this sport, Some of them are crazy and even criminal, yet they are united in their obsession in a sport that seems to exist only as a touting challenging to human's endurance of pain and suffering.
I don't think that Marathon is a "fitness" exercise, but a form of activities that provokes our innate sense of conquering obstacles, It is a public and private venue for confronting our limitations thus stimulating our sense of defiance,

The style of the writing is factual with particular eyes for funny and unusual details, In addition, it does contain useful technical discussions about shoes, postures, injuries and preventions, For people who have eyes for a marathon sometime at least once in their lifetime such is me, this book can serve as a reminder, a gentle goading voice whispering for us to join "the magnificent obsession".
A good read that needs to be updated as it mentions the monster that was Jimmy Savile in a positive way a couple of times, Includes interesting history and tales on the London Marathon, I read this around the time I ran the London Marathon, I recommend that to get the maximum enjoyment out of it,

This is a book to which every runner will be able to relate, It contains a history of the Marathon going not just back to, but to ancient Greece, Yet this is no dull history textbook, The personal stories of the great, the good the not so good and the downright

bizarre ensure that every page is packed with humour,

Even nonrunners will enjoy reading it What it's all about : 'If you want to win something, runmetres, If you want to experience something, run a marathon' Emil Zatopek

The London Marathon salutesyears of the London Marathon by exploring the incredible physical and mental challenge that lies at the very heart of marathon running.
It begins with the author standing on the start line at Blackheath for the very first London Marathon in March, And it endsmiles andyears later, as the author emerges, still running, past Buckingham Palace and on through the miles and memories to the finish,

From the legend of Pheidippides and the mystery of Spiridon Louis who won the first modern Olympic marathon into the agony of Paula Radcliffe, reduced to tears on the long road to Athens more than a century later, this is a story of dreams, pain, struggle and achievement.
The courage and the craziness of the characters who foryears have run the streets of London, have turned this race into the greatest marathon in the world.


The London Marathon is a testament to their endeavour, and to the spirit that leads them each spring to tackle their own suburban Everest.
This is their story. Librarian Note: There is than one author by this name in the Goodreads data base, .