An Athletics Compendium

B 4 9 - 57 biographies & Autobiographies 49 Sebastian Coe / NeWililson; illustrated by Peter Jones. London: Hamilton, 1982. 62p; illus ISBN: 0-241-10848-9 BL:X.629/19290 The author traces thceareer of the I d&O Olympic 1500m champion. 50 Sebastian Coe coming bac/k David Miller. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984. 175p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-283-99185-2 According to the author's acknowledgements, a condition of publication was that Coe 'should win a gold or silver medal in the 198>4Olympic Games'; he did both. The narrative covers the three-year period from the closeof the 1961 seasont,aking in the aborted series otfhree raceswith Ovett scheduledfor 1952, the worldrecord 4x8'00m (with Peter Elliott, Garry Cook and Steve Cram)t,he silvermedal at SOOmin the European Championships, and his subsequent withdrawal from further competition with glandular fever. Possibly themost interesting portions ofthe work deal with the coach/father-athleterelationship and with a discussion of the aerobic-anaerobic content of ftOOmrunning. 51 Sebastian Coe: bornto run: the authorized life in athletics / David Miller; forewobrydSteve Ovett. London: Pavilion, 1992. 232p; illus; index ISBN: 1-851457-36-4 BL: YK.1992.b.4793 Miller quotes from his earlier works on Coe and then represents some other views on his character. The controversy surroundinhgis omission from the Id&d Olympic Games team is dealt with thoroughly. Coe concludes that therehas been a neglect by British governments ctonsider sport seriously, before giving his opinions on the respectivemerits ofBirmingham, Manchester anLdondon as rivalcandidates tho st the OlympiGc ames, and the lack of resources devoted to coaching tihne UK. Cook, Theodore 52 The sunlit hours: a record of sport and life / Theodore A. Cook. London: Nisbet, 1925. xviii, 330p; illus BL: 07905.k.48 The autobiography tohfe famous Olympic writer, with reminiscences othf e Games 1o9f06 and 1908a>nd, specifically, ofHorine, Abrahams anNdurmi. Cram, Steve 53 Steve Cram / Norman Barrett & Mel Watman. London: Virgin, 1984. 96p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-86369-038-6 A concise and competently written account of the athlete's career up to April 19(S>4. 54 Steve Cram: the making of an athlete / Roger Tames. London: W.H.Allen, 1984. 21 Op; illus ISBN: 0-491-03213-7 This work was the by-product of two Tyne Tees Television films of Cram,many of the quotations being taken directly from the recorded programmes. His 198>2 victories in the European Championships and Commonwealth Games are only sketchily described, but his winove1r 500m in the followyinegar athe first World Championships is recounted in detail. The epilogue explains starkly ethrreor which Crammade in the 196>4 Olympic Games: 'He believed the 1500 metres finawl ould be a predominantly tactical race won in a time around 5:36 or 5H:5i9st.ory seconded his proposition. Major championshiprsarely produced fast racesu,sually because nobody was prepared to take up the running in the crucialearly stages. Los Angeles was different... and, in many ways, marvellously so.' Crane, Adrian <& Richard 55 Running the Himalaya/s Richard and Adrian Crane; foreword by Lord Hunt Lolfanfair Waterdine. London: New English Library, 1984. 129p; illus, maps ISBN: 0-450-06082-9 BL: X.622/21125 The Crane brothers, with some background in marathon and fell-running, undertook the daunting task ocfovering more than 2,000 mdiluersi,ng which they climbed2fi>0,000 feetinvolving 14 peaks above 6,000111 over 65 mountainpasses, fotrhe charity Intermediate Technology Development Group. Setting out on 16 March 196fr3om Darjeeling, they arrivedin Rawalpindi on 27 June, having completed the traverse in100 days. Crump, jack 56 Running round the wor/ldJack Crump; foreword by Harold M. Abrahams. London: Hale, 1966. 256p; illus BL: X.449/2267 Posthumously published, the autobiography of the famous administrator ranges over his activities in athletics fro1m925 to1964, giving an insight into the numerous problemfsaced by Britain's teammanager and secretary to the BAAB. Cudahy, Mike 57 Wild trails to far horizons: anultra-distance runner / Michael Cudahy; illustrated by John Beatty. London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. viii, 1 83p; illus ISBN: 0-04-440381-X BL:YK.1990.b.2006 Jim Perrin suggests, inftohreword, thathe texctan be read at severadl ifferent levels: 'social document, testament of friendship, sporting chronicle, topographical companion or transcendental quest'. Cudahy, whograduated to ultra-distancerunning via [ 4 6 ]