An Athletics Compendium

Marathon, Cross-Country <& Road Running F 149 - 164 149 Running and cross-country running / Alfred Shrubb. London; Health & Strength, 1908. 85p; illus BI- 7920.de.53 Advice on training by the first notable distance runner to trainusing recognisably modern methods. Th3e 2 plates includesome strangely-posed'action' photos, and portraits of Shrubb, Harry Andrews, W. G. George, A. Aldridge, Fred Appleby, Arthur Postle, Harry Hutchens and Deerfoot. 'The Briton has, a mI convinced, a far greatsetarmina, as has been proved over and over again by our superiority in long distance races ....There ar not too many long distance evenontsthe Olympic programme, but those there areshould all be annexed by British representatives ifonly our men willmake up their minds to do so. ThMe arathon race, whichwe have hitherto allowed to go to onoer other oofur rivals, should be regarded as a Britipshreserve.' Shrubb, oneof the leading'shamateurs' thoef early twentieth century, experienacendew lease of life in the marathon boom which followed the 1908 1 Olympics. Though marathon was beyond his distance, Shrubb competed successfully in the 190&-13period, with indoor marathons Minadison Square Garden athned Albert Hall. 150 Distance and cross-country running / J. H. Hardwick. London: Bridsh Sports Publishing, 1912. 82p; illus; pbk (Spalding's athletic library; no. 56) BL: 07908.i.14/56 A good account of the early history of distance running, with advice ontraining andrare photographs. The break-down of the OneHour records of Deerfoot, Bacon, Thomas and Shrubb is particularly valuable. One notable fact revealed by the book is that an amateur match between Thomas and Parry in IS&O at Old Trafford drew a crowd of 10,000. The training methods described(though this part ofthe book is inferior to Shrubb's works) are basically those of Andrews. ^ Also listed at: F95 151 Cross-country running / Don Canham; edited by Jack Crump; designed and illustratebdy Tyler Micoleau. London: Herbert Jenkin1s9,54. 112p; illus Originallypublishedin theUS as:Cross-country techniques illustrated.New York: Barnes,1953 BL: 7919.aa.91 152 The swiftrunner: racing speedthrough the ages, including standard points of its foundatbiorneed, the marathon runner/ Baroness Wentworth. London: Allen & Unwin, 1957. 146p; illus BL: 7923.1.13 153 Hints onhow to organise and manage 'oanpen' road running race /Ernest Neville. London: RoRadunners Club, 1959. 4p; pbk 154 Training forroad running / Sam Ferris, John Jewell, Harold Lee. Walton-on-Thames: Road Runners Club, 1965. 40p; illus BL: X.449/1442 155 An introduction to cross-countrryunning and race walking for girls / editedby Cliff Temple; forewordby Rita Ridley. Eastbourne: Women's Cross-Country & Race Walking Association, 1975. 34p; illus; pbk 156 Marathon: the world of the long-distance athl/eteGail Campbell. London: Ward Lock, 1977. 176p; illus, maps; index ISBN: 0-7061-2551-7 BL: X.622/6086 157 Cross country androad running / Cliff Temple. London: Stanley Paul, 1980. 224p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-09-141521-7 BL: X.629/13432 158 Challenge ofthe marathon: a runner's gui/deCliff Temple; photography by Mark ShearmLano.ndon: Stanley Paul, 1981. 174p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-09-146431-5 BL: X.629/17015 159 Don't letyour first marathon be your l/ast Brendan Foster. Halifax: Nike International, 1982. 160 The marathon boo/k Neil Wilson, Andy Etchells, Bruce Tulloh. London: Virgin, 1982. 190p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-907080-33-2 BL: X.629/18877 ^ Subsequent ed. F164 161 The marathon guid/e Don Shelley & Kevin Donovan. Stoke-on-Trent; 1982- Title varies BL; YA.l998.a.6298 The \9S>2 edition includes the poem 'The roadrunner' by Kevin Ponovan. 162 Focus onthe marathon / John Humphreys and Ron Holman. Wakefield; EP, 1983. 160p; illus; index ISBN; 0-7158-0847-8 BL;X.629/21542 163 Joyce Smith's running book / Bryan Smith. London; Muller, 1983. v, 154p; illus; index; pbk Bibliographyp:149-150 ISBN; 0-584-11054-5 BL;X.629/20627 164 The marathonbook / Neil Wilson, Andy EtcheBllrsu, ce Tulloh; with photographs by Mark Shearman. 2nd ed. London: Virgin, 1983. 192p; illus; pbk BL;X.629/22739 c ^ => Previous ed. F160 [ 125 ]