fair share of controversy, more than anything, the marathon is the measure of athletics heroes. What does it take, apart from dogged determination, to run an Olympic marathon? No athlete now would try what Zatopek did half a century ago. Where the first

do feel an infinity but nonetheless it inspires all David Jones 39: FASCINATING LOOK-BACK TO THE GREAT DAYS OF UK DISTANCE RUNNI Strengths: Steve Ovett remains my greatest running "hero" and this book had me running to Youtube to see the key moments

sleep. Overall: I was thoroughly disappointed with this. The jumping around from the season diary to biographies of different fell runners makes for a disjointed read and why the two different types of font. There is hero worship