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Running Throughout Time launches in New Zealand
Some great images from the New Zealand launch of ‘Running Throughout Time: The Greatest Running Stories Ever told’ by the fantastic storyteller Roger Robinson. Roger was joined at Shoe Clinic in Wellington by several sporting and literary notables and there was strong running community support. He spoke of the original work that has gone into these stories – telling them well and getting them right. The book is available now through all good bookstores and online retailers. Read more…
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New Zealand News: Running Throughout Time
Such well-deserved coverage coming out of New Zealand ahead of Roger Robinson’s New Zealand launch of his brilliant book RUNNING THROUGHOUT TIME: THE GREATEST RUNNING STORIES EVER TOLD. Including this in New Zealand’s main Sunday newspaper Star-Times. Roger was the commentator at the 1974 Commonwealth Games hosted by the country. Read more…
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SHERLOCK HOLMES – THE CASE OF THE OLYMPIC MARATHON
Wow! We love Roger Robinson’s running stories so much! Roger’s case of the Olympic marathon features in the latest addition of Sherlock Holmes Magazine (Issue 14, Autumn 2023) It’s an abbreviated version of the story Roger researches and tells of Arthur Conan Doyle at the 1908 Olympic marathon and the way he used it in a famous Holmes adventure. You can read the FULL version – along with no end of other absolutely fascinating running stories in Roger’s ‘Running Throughout Time: the Greatest Running Stories Ever Told‘. Read more…
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Women’s Running Magazine – Roger’s tale of the 1928 Olympics Scandal
“It’s 1928. The starting pistol in the women’s 800m final fires, what happens next shapes the course of women’s sport for decades to come …” Storyteller extraordinaire, Roger Robinson tells the fasincating story of the 1928 Olympics Scandal in February’s edition of Women’s Running Magazine. Read more…
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The Lost world of … the running footmen!
There’s an absolutely brilliant piece in Runner’s World UK magazine (February 2023) by Roger Robinson – as he looks at the lost world of the running footmen! The piece was adapted from a chapter in his book, Running Throughout Time: Greatest Running Stories Ever Told. Read more…
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Roger Robinson’s ‘Runnning Throughout Time: The Greatest Running Stories Ever Told’
Roger Robinson’s new book rewrites running’s most iconic and important stories. With a combination of vivid story-telling and original historical research, Roger shows why he is widely praised as the world’s most expert and compelling writer on running. Ahead of this weekend’s London Marathon, Roger talks to us about Running Throughout Time: the Greatest Running Stories Ever Told. Q Why did you write this new book, Roger? A I love well-told stories. I love true history. I love running. Put those three together and you get this book. Read more…
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PodiumRunner features BORN TO COACH
A very big thank you to Roger Robinson for the fabulous article on PodiumRunner about BORN TO COACH and Bill Squires, the legendary coach of the greatest generation of American distance runners! Written by Paul Clerici, this biography tells the story of how Bill Squires became one of the greatest running coaches. Read more…