A century-old article in The New York Times warning about the dangers of the marathon The 1909 Times editorial team were not marathoning advocates, particularly when it came to the common man attempting such tomfoolery. Speaking with apprehension of the “sudden popularity of the so-called Marathon race,” an article on “Topics of the Times” opines …
Just back from a peaceful Sunday roll through the industrial wasteland of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Maspeth, Queens, along the potholed streets clinging to the banks of notorious Newtown Creek. Training for a marathon you get around. As your weekly mileage goes up you seek new routes to keep things fresh. And …
This was a book that turned on lots of folks in the seventies to the magic of running. The Zen of Running by Fred Rohé, first published in 1974, is totally hippie-dippy stuff in every respect, including the fuzzy fotos of blissed-out Fred and the calligraphy: Um. What? Yes, the pearls of wisdom …
