Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-08-27

Books mentioned on The Strange Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon

1 book · Listen · Watch on YouTube

The Olympic marathon of 1904 is an incredible story filled with wacky characters, cheating, heat and humidity, dust and dirt, and oh yeah, a few actual qualified athletes. See omnystudio.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Marathon running

    James Edward Sullivan · at 37:18

    Discussed
    “He actually wrote a book in 1909 called Marathon Running, where he said, ‘Don't get into the habit of drinking and eating in a marathon! Some prominent runners do, but it is not beneficial!’”
    Where to get it