Marathon & Beyond Archive · Articles by
Rob Hadgraft
4 articles — Marathon & Beyond contributor. Wrote 4 pieces for the magazine, published in the digital archive at Marathon Handbook.
Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015
The Audacity Of Cavinwoodward
You would think—in theory at least—that the key to being a top ultrarunner is to be single minded, well organized, and happy to toil for hours…
Vol. 17, No. 4 · 2013
The Founding Father Of Ultrarunning
Arthur Newton was a modest man, a quintessential Englishman born while Victoria was still on the throne. Diffident and self-effacing, he would never have contemplated that…
Vol. 16, No. 3 · 2012
Women Wept, Strong Men Lost Their Lunch
Although the motion picture Superman didn’t appear until long after he had retired, little Jim Peters could surely lay claim to being the Clark Kent of…
Vol. 14, No. 3 · 2010
Shrubb Nearly Pegs Out “In A Great And Terrible Contest”
Tom Longboat (left) and Alf Shrubb (right) before a contest in Haileybury, Ontario, in 1911.Shrubb private collection Alf Shrubb (center) became a runner "by accident," but…
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