num_pages: 286
description: "Best Efforts: Stories of Great Runners and Great Races" is an eclectic conglomeration of stories about runners written by Kenny Moore mostly during his Sports Illustrated years. Mr. Moore, a native Oregonian, ran for Bill Bowerman during his tenure as the University of Oregon's cross country and track and field coach. A late-blooming prep runner of modest accomplishments, Moore developed into a world-class distance runner, highlighted by his fourth place finish in the 1972 Munich Olympic Marathon. Moore, described as "the philosopher-marathoner" by the press before his second crack at Fukuoka, is driven to describe to us the body and mind of the men and women whose speed and triumphs, whose graceful aging and defeats we find so fascinating. And he does it better than anyone else.
language: English
title: Best Efforts: World Class Runners and Races
titlecomplete: Best Efforts: World Class Runners and Races
genres: Sports, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Doubleday