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Roger Robinson

11 articles — Marathon & Beyond contributor. Wrote 6 pieces for the magazine, published in the digital archive at Marathon Handbook.

· 2013 The 10 Most Important Male Marathoners in History Criteria: I chose not the fastest or the most famous but 10 who are "important" because they were transformative, creating positive change in the global marathon.… Roger Robinson · 9 min read Vol. 2, No. 2 · 1998 Masters of the Marathon THIS PIECE is a personal reminiscence, not a researched analysis. A full history of the masters marathon would have to recognize such pioneers as Jack Holden,… Roger Robinson · 23 min read · 2002 The Theme of Running in Literature Picks Up Steam as It Sprints Into the 19th Century. Part 3 of 5 Parts I and II of Roger Robinson's series on Running in Literature appeared in our last two issues, respectively. 12. Top Runners in 19th-Century Literature: The… Roger Robinson · 26 min read Vol. 6, No. 1 · 2002 Running Weaves Its Way Through the Literature of the Ages, Suspending Time and Distance. Part 1 of 5 INTRODUCTION: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, KIDNAPPED (1886) By what I have read in books, I think few that have held a pen were ever really wearied, or… Roger Robinson · 26 min read Vol. 6, No. 4 · 2002 Running in Literature: Coming Into the Modern Age, the Literature Sprints Ahead. Part 4 of 5 18. The Unforgiving Minute: Into the Modern Age Running is about intense and committed effort. Running is also about free and joyful movement. The first surely… Roger Robinson · 32 min read Vol. 19, No. 6 · 2015 The Hand Of Friendship Images of Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen dead-heating in the first London Marathon in 1981 were everywhere at the 35th, including the cover of the media… Roger Robinson · 17 min read Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 Wonders Down Under: Adrienne Beames And Derek Clayton In July 1969, a man walked on the moon. Our world would never be the same. The modern age of marathon running was launched at that… Roger Robinson · 28 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 Bernard Gomersall Remembers The ‘60S Bernard Gomersall, in his day the world’s best ultrarunner, four times winner of the London-to-Brighton (1963-66), record breaker in the 1965 Comrades Marathon, is moving to… Roger Robinson · 15 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 3 · 2011 Crowded Prelude Sprinters and their coaches devote much of their training time to practicing their start technique. Long-distance runners rarely even think about it. Most of us are… Roger Robinson · 14 min read Vol. 14, No. 5 · 2010 Pheidippides And The Battle Of Marathon: Faq The Marathon’s 2,500th Anniversary Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon: FAQ Who won? Who ran? Who collapsed and died? by Roger Robinson Why “marathon?” What does… Roger Robinson · 13 min read Vol. 13, No. 4 · 2009 Warrior Queen In Death Valley “Seek the very best in everything. If you bow your head, let it be to a great mountain.” —New Zealand Ma–ori proverb Mount Taranaki was covered… Roger Robinson · 18 min read
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