marathon running

Presents profiles of five marathon runners who have contributed to the increased interest in this long distance event.

A biography of the skydiver whose brief career with the Army Golden Knights ended when his parachutes failed to open and he slammed into the ground at eighty-five miles per hour.

Discusses training for and competing in a marathon--for beginners and experienced competitors.

Examines the world of exceptionally long running races and the athletes who run them.

Tom "Babe" Levy, a man who aspires to be a top marathon runner and an ace historian, instead becomes entangled in a plot to avenge two former Nazi war criminals.

Retells the legend of Pheidippides, a young Athenian in ancient Greece who ran nearly three hundred miles in just a few days on behalf of the Greek army, as well as fighting in a major battle, and whose heroic actions are commemorated in modern-day marathons.

Following his escape from the zoo, Albert Bear encounters a series of mishaps and finally finds himself running in a marathon.