The complete history of cross-country running
Subtitle: from the nineteenth century to the present day
By: Andrew Boyd Hutchinson ; foreword by Craig Virgin
Contributors: Virgin, Craig, author of foreword
Publisher: Carrel Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781631440762
Subjects: Cross-country running; History
Description: "In the Complete History of Cross-Country Running, author Andrew Boyd Hutchinson captures the full history of cross-country running, from the early 1800s to the present day, on both a national and international scale. It includes chronicles of legendary teams, inspirational tales of achievement, controversies, and interviews with record-breaking runners past and present."--book jacket
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1800-1850. Event spotlight: The Crick Run (1838) and the Barby Hill Run (1837); title: 1850-1870. Event spotlight: The Thames Handicap Steeplechase Number 1 (December 7, 1867); title: The 1870s. Event spotlight: The First English National Cross-Country Championship (November 18, 1876); title: The 1880s. Event spotlight: The First Amateur Individual Cross-Country Championship in America (November 6, 1883); title: The 1890s. Event spotlight: The First International Cross-Country Meeting- Cross des Nations (March 20, 1898); title: The 1900s. Event spotlight: The Inaugural Holding of the International Cross-Country Championship (March 28, 1903) ; Cultural spotlight: The Olympic Movement; title: The 1910s. Event spotlight: Hannes Kolehmainen and the First Cross-Country Event at the Stockholm Olympics (July 15, 1912); title: The 1920s. Event spotlight: Cornell University versus Oxford/Cambridge Team in England (December 30, 1920) ; Cultural spotlight: Women in Cross-Country Running; title: The 1930s. Event spotlight: The 1935 English Cross-Country National- Belgrave versus Birchfield (March 9, 1935); title: The 1940s. Event spotlight: The 1940 Junior International Cross-Country Championship (March 24, 1940); title: The 1950s. Event spotlight: Zatopek, Kuts, and Chromik in the Cross de L'Humanite (March 19, 1954); title: The 1960s. Event spotlight: Lindgren, Pre, and the First Pac-8 Cross-Country Championship (November 14, 1969); title: The 1970s. Event spotlight: Irish Involvement in the First IAAF World Cross-Country Championships (March 17, 1973) ; Cultural spotlight: Kit, equipment, and technology; title: The 1980s. Event spotlight: Every Nation has its Hero- the 1983 World Cross-Country Championships (March 20, 1983); title: The 1990s. Event spotlight: Jennings, McKiernan, and Dias at World Cross (March 21, 1992); title: The 2000s. Event spotlight: One Point Away- the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Cross-Country National Championship (November 19, 2001); title: The 2010s. Event spotlight: The Miracle in the Mud- the United States and Kenya at World Cross (March 24, 2013).