Marathon & Beyond · Author
Roger Robinson
6 articles
Marathon & Beyond contributor. Wrote 6 pieces for the magazine, published in the digital archive at Marathon Handbook.
The Hand Of Friendship
Feature201516 min
The Hand Of Friendship Feature201516 min Dick Beardsley at the 1981 London Marathon: a symbol for the new running movement. April 26, 2015. All finishers, more than 35,000 of them,…
Wonders Down Under: Adrienne Beames And Derek Clayton
Feature201426 min
Wonders Down Under: Adrienne Beames And Derek Clayton Feature201426 min Two Aussies from Melbourne transformed the marathon in 1967-71. The modern age of marathon running was launched at that same…
Bernard Gomersall Remembers The ‘60S
Feature201311 min
Bernard Gomersall Remembers The ‘60S Feature201311 min “T tried cricket, football [soccer], tennis—but I was absolute rubbish.” (He emphatically pronounces it “abb-sloot roobish.”’) “I wanted to do something well in…
Crowded Prelude
Feature201112 min
Crowded Prelude Feature201112 min Or, how to improve your start. their start technique. Long-distance runners rarely even think about it. Most of us are happy if we're facing the right…
Pheidippides And The Battle Of Marathon: Faq
Feature20109 min
Pheidippides And The Battle Of Marathon: Faq Feature20109 min Unlike us, the Athenians saw intellectual education and physical education as inseparable and equal, both necessary for preparing a citizen to…
Warrior Queen In Death Valley
Feature200913 min
Warrior Queen In Death Valley Feature200913 min Lisa Tamati strides outside the Maori boundaries. “Seek the very best in everything. If you bow your head, let it be to a…
