Boston Marathon : Year-by-Year Stories of the World's Premier Running Event

From running legend Tom Derderian comes a comprehensive look at one of the most storied and celebrated athletic events in the nation, the Boston Marathon. For more than 110 years, the race has been regarded as one of the world's great racing traditions. From the narrow starting line on Main Street, through the Screams Tunnel, past the coeds of Wellesley, and up the infamous Heartbreak Hill, Derderian chronicles the unforgettable passions, triumphs, and pitfalls of every race in the marathon's storied history. The book also includes interviews and race recaps from marathoning greats such as Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Meb Keflezighi, Uta Pippig, Alberto Salazar, Frank Shorter, Kara Goucher, Ryan Hall, Desiree Davila, Geoffrey Mutai, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, and dozens more. Complete with more than one hundred photographs and results from every year, Boston Marathon belongs on the shelf of every runner. Forewords / Joan Benoit Samuelson and Bill Rodgers -- Foreword / Amby Burfoot -- Foreword / Shalane Flanagan -- Why They Come Back to Boston -- Introduction : Death in the Eye -- 1897-1909 The First Marathon Runners -- 1910-1919 The Great War Decade -- 1920-1929 The Running Twenties -- 1930-1939 The Depression Years -- 1940-1949 More War Years -- 1950-1959 No More Plodders -- 1960-1969 Times They Are A-Changin' -- 1970-1979 The Boom Years -- 1980-1989 The Last Amateurs, The New Professionals -- 1990-1995 New World Order? -- 1996-1999 Boston Marathon History -- 2000-2009 Y2K? -- 2010-2016 Terrorism Comes Back to Boston -- The Boston Marathon and Commitment to Film -- Appendix of Men's and Women's Winners -- Unofficial Era -- Why They Will Always Come Back to Boston -- Appendix A: Boston Marathon Winners -- Appendix B: Runners' Affiliations.