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“52 Marathons In 52 Weeks: How to Run a Marathon Every Week For a Year” by Karl Gruber is the definitive guide on how to go about preparing yourself to run one 26.2 mile race – a marathon – for 52 straight weeks. Gruber stands on a platform of integrity of his expertise in writing about this topic in that he himself successfully accomplished running 52 marathons in 52 weeks in 1996 – 1997. While ... Læs mere

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Redigeret af Martin Crotty, Robert Hess ...

Serier serie Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
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Assessing the 30-Year Legacy

Redigeret af John Gleaves, Wayne Wilson, Matthew Llewellyn ...

Serier serie Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important event in the history of the modern Olympic movement. Fresh off the back of the financially disastrous Montreal Games of 1976 and the politically controversial Moscow Games of 1980, the Olympic movement returned to the United States for the sixth time in an attempt to salvage the economic viability and ... Læs mere

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af Kendall Coyne ...

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Body and Mind

Sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance

af John McClelland ...

Serier serie Sport in the Global Society
This is the first book to address the gap in the literature linking the physical culture of the ancient world with the beginnings of modern sport, this original book traces the history of the evolution of a variety of sport, games and physical education from 450-1650AD across Western Europe.Drawing on primary sources, this book takes a thematic approach, looking at the changing nature of ... Læs mere

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Gold

Coming Up for Air

The Girl on the Dancing Horse

Row Daily, Breathe Deeper, Live Better

Rise

The Boys in the Boat

The Other Olympians

Sommeren 1960

PUSH

Sticks 'n' Stones

Mark Spitz

Unbroken

Strategic Sports Event Management

Routledge Handbook of Sport History

Sport History

Planning Olympic Legacies

Sport, Bodily Culture and Classical Antiquity in Modern Greece

Over It

Sport Participation and Olympic Legacies

52 Marathons in 52 Weeks

Sport, War and Society in Australia and New Zealand

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games

As Fast As Her

Body and Mind