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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue: Hide-and-Seek -- Part I: Sydney 2000 -- A Lesson in Possibilities -- Alone in the Cafeteria -- Bearing Down at Rim Rock -- Representing America... Second Time's a Charm -- First Olympic Ring: Sydney -- Part II: Athens 2004 -- A Lesson in Belonging -- We Have a Second Breath -- Seeking Balance at Home and Abroad -- Accepting a New Training Ground in Mammoth -- Second Olympic...

Inspired by the 1987 true story, the movie follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California's farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring...

The author, the host of NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" and columnist for "Runner's World," shares stories, advice, lessons, and warnings from his running experiences.

A biography of the Scottish missionary and runner who won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympics and went on to do missionary work in China.

Harlan Brown is a tough, conservative track coach hiding from his past at a small college. Billy Sive is a brilliant young runner who is homosexual and doesn't mind who knows it. When they fall in love, they enter a race against hate and prejudice which takes them to the '76 Olympics and a shattering, shocking conclusion.

McDougall reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans.

The World Marathon Challenge-seven marathons on seven continents in seven days-is the ultimate race for adventurous runners. It tests the athletes to their limits, going from biting cold Antarctic conditions one day to dry desert heat another. To survive the onslaught of sensations-fear, fatigue, depression, elation-takes a special sort of determination and strength of will. Few would voluntarily take on such a challenge, and fewer still would finish...

Half a century ago, Filbert Bayi revolutionized how the middle-distance races were run. During that heyday of athletics competition, before pacers were hired to take the lead, the unheralded Tanzanian served as his own rabbit. The innovative Bayi set a blistering pace that dared formidable challengers from around the globe to "catch me if you can." After a singular career that included two world records and Olympic and Commonwealth Games medals, Bayi...

"Engaging text and fun illustrations tell the story of Wilma Rudolph's childhood"--