Why Don't We All Run Spartathlons? A collection of Marathon Memories: Featuring Stephen Kiprotich, Deena Kastor, Sage Canaday, Kamiel Maase, Carlos Grisales, Mehmet Terzi, Adam Holland and many more

On the streets of Berlin one day in September 2014, thousands of people attempted to run 26.2 miles in the quickest time they could on the day. The first man to finish ran the fastest the world had ever seen anyone run this distance, the last to finish took over three times as long, but despite the massive variances in the time taken each and every one of these people had completed the same feat.
Despite the recent explosion in popularity of ultra running, the marathon still holds a special place in the hearts of most recreational and professional long distance runners. In this book we hear the stories of a number of national record holders and other notable marathoners about their celebrated 26.2 mile runs – how did they do it? What can they remember from the day? Did everything go to plan? These questions are answered, as well as the bigger picture of their training, their path into running and what they’ve done subsequently. Read about a man who became his country’s national marathon record holder for nearly 20 years and counting because he couldn’t afford a decent bike. Or a man who never ran slow from the age of 10 onwards and became his country’s fastest ever marathoner but maybe put his health in danger in the process. Or one who ran a 2:09 marathon in the 1980s that set a possibly unbeatable national record, but is still disappointed with how the race went.
In addition to these accounts you can get some tips on things to ponder during a marathon, what it would take to run a sub 1:30 marathon and read the heartwarming tale of a man who accidentally became his country’s national record holder to win the heart of his true love …. or did he?

Featuring: - Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda, Olympic Gold Medallist London 2012), Deena Kastor (USA), John Treacy (Ireland), Carlos Grisales (Colombia), Sage Canaday (Top US ultra runner, Olympic marathon triallist), Kamiel Maase (Netherlands), Chan Yew Woo (Malaysia), Toni Bernado (Andorra), Justin Gloden (Luxembourg), Adam Holland (World record holder for fastest 10 marathons in 10 days, plus youngest man to 100 marathons) and many more