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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…