Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-08-27
Books mentioned on The Strange Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
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
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Marathon running
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!’”
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