How far was this marathon!
Is that a question asked often of you by friends? Runners often joke amongst each other that their friends and relatives don’t quite “get it” when it comes to understanding what motivates us to run 26 miles 385 yards (the distance for all marathons).
Now is your chance to educate them, because Hal Higdon’s new novel Marathon is more than a book for runners, it is a book about runners and the peculiarities of the long distance sport. Higdon not merely gives readers the inside scoop on the running world, he also describes this seminal twenty-first century event as perceived by outsiders, offering never-before-told details about what it takes to organize a 50,000-runner event.
Marathon is more than a sports story; it is a love story between race director Peter McDonald and TV reporter Christina Ferrara with the fictional Lake City Marathon its background. Add to the mix, a celebrity more famous than Oprah, a supermodel running for charity and predicted warm weather that threatens to turn the race into a Death March. Runner’s World publisher emeritus George Hirsch calls Marathon a “page-turner.”
Hal Higdon’s novel sells for only $19.95 plus shipping. Order an autographed copy of Marathon now—not only for yourself but for your friends who never again will need to ask, “How far was this marathon?”
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Any insider will relish the running descriptions. Any outsider cannot help but be fascinated by the inner workings of a big city marathon.
--Kathrine Switzer, author, Marathon Woman
With all of the training books on the market, someone finally has written a novel that captures the essence of the marathon.
--Amby Burfoot, Runner’s World
Hal Higdon gets into the heart of a marathon. His book will help people who never have run a marathon understand the challenge more.
--Kim Alexis, supermodel
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