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C. C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race
- The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
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My Life on the Run chronicles the heatstroke and frostbite, heartache and triumphs he's experienced while competing in more than 1,000 competitive races on all seven continents. With the wit and wisdom of a seasoned insider, Yasso tells runners what they need to know to navigate the logistics of running in an unfamiliar country. He also offers practical guidance, such as 5-K, 10-K, half-marathon, and marathon training schedules, including his innovative technique known as the Yasso 800s for beginner, intermediate, and advanced runners.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A fair running book, but there's better out there
- De Mark en 05-20-15
De: Bart Yasso, y otros
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Major Taylor
- The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who Helped Him Achieve Worldwide Fame
- De: Conrad Kerber, Terry Kerber
- Narrado por: Barrie Buckner
- Duración: 15 h y 17 m
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In the wake of the Tour de France’s fallen heroes, the story of one of history’s most legendary cyclists provides a much-needed antidote. In 1907 the world’s most popular athlete was not Cy Young or Ty Cobb. Rather, he was a black bicycle racer named "Major” Taylor. In his day, Taylor became a spiritual and athletic idol. He was the fastest man in America and a champion who prevailed over unspeakable cruelty. The men who aided him were among the most colorful to emerge from the era.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book terrible narrator
- De B. P. H. en 10-31-18
De: Conrad Kerber, y otros
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The Perfect Mile
- Three Athletes. One Goal. And Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
- De: Neal Bascomb
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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In the tradition of Seabiscuit, critically acclaimed author Neal Bascomb reaches back to the golden age of sport and crafts an utterly captivating narrative of what may be the most remarkable athletic feat of all time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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nailbiting, on the edge of your seat
- De Todd en 08-10-04
De: Neal Bascomb
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Road to Valor
- A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
- De: Aili McConnon, Andres McConnon
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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Based on nearly 10 years of research in Italy, France, and Israel, including interviews with Gino Bartali's family, former teammates, a Holocaust survivor Bartali saved, and many others, Road to Valor is the first book ever written about the Italian cycling legend in English and the only book written in any language to fully explore the scope of Bartali's wartime work. An epic tale of courage, comeback, and redemption, it is the untold story of one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hollywood .... look this story !!!
- De Fabiano en 04-03-19
De: Aili McConnon, y otros
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The Three-Year Swim Club
- The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
- De: Julie Checkoway
- Narrado por: Alex Chadwick
- Duración: 14 h y 48 m
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In 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the current of their circumstance. The goal? To become Olympians. They faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The children were Japanese-American, were malnourished and barefoot, and had no pool; they trained in the filthy irrigation ditches that snaked down from the mountains into the sugarcane fields.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story but the Hawaiian words get slaughtered
- De Arabella en 01-26-16
De: Julie Checkoway
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The Comeback
- Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France
- De: Daniel de Vise
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 342
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Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France in 1986, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback. In 1989, he once again won the Tour - by a narrow margin of eight seconds. It remains the closest Tour de France in history. The Comeback chronicles the life of this great American athlete, from his roots in Nevada and California to the heights of global fame.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book. Flawed reading.
- De david savage en 07-23-18
De: Daniel de Vise
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Driving with the Devil
- Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR
- De: Neal Thompson
- Narrado por: Buz Mckim
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Today’s NASCAR is a family sport with 75 million loyal fans, which is growing bigger and more mainstream by the day. Part Disney, part Vegas, part Barnum & Bailey, NASCAR is also a multibillion-dollar business and a cultural phenomenon that transcends geography, class, and gender. But dark secrets lurk in NASCAR’s past.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I had to quote Stop listing unquote
- De Joseph en 07-25-15
De: Neal Thompson
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Hell on Two Wheels
- De: Amy Snyder
- Narrado por: Sheila Stasack
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 104
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Three-time Ironman finisher Amy Snyder takes the wraps off the best kept secret in the sports world, the Race Across America (RAAM), a bicycle race like no other. Unlike its famous cousin the Tour de France, RAAM is much crazier, more gothic, and even savage: Once the gun goes off the clock doesn't stop, and the first rider to complete the prescribed 3,000-mile route is the victor. In Hell on Two Wheels, Snyder follows a group of athletes before, during, and after the 2009 RAAM.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A documentary of the toughest bike race
- De James en 12-19-13
De: Amy Snyder
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Rome 1960
- The Olympics that Changed the World
- De: David Maraniss
- Narrado por: David Maraniss
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 78
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The athletes competing in the 1960 Rome Olympics included some of the most honored in Olympic history: decathlete Rafer Johnson, sprinter Wilma Rudolph, Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, and Louisville boxer Cassius Clay, who at 18 seized the world stage for the first time, four years before he became Muhammad Ali.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Book
- De Jay en 07-30-08
De: David Maraniss
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Unbeaten
- De: Mike Stanton
- Narrado por: Keith Szarabajka
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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From the best-selling author of The Prince of Providence comes a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. His record was a perfect 49-0.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb book: the full story in great detain
- De John Wood en 08-16-20
De: Mike Stanton
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Cinderella Man
- James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
- De: Jeremy Schaap
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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Lost in the annals of boxing is the sport's true Cinderella story. James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De MA en 06-05-05
De: Jeremy Schaap
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Wonder Girl
- The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- De: Don Van Natta Jr.
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics. Then, Babe attempted to conquer golf. One of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history. But at the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. Babe would then take her most daring step of all....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- De Jajam en 01-07-18
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The Boy Who Runs
- The Odyssey of Julius Achon
- De: John Brant
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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In the tradition of Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation by way of Christopher McDougall's Born to Run, this is the inspirational true story of the Ugandan boy soldier who became a world-renowned runner, then found his calling as director of a world-renowned African children's charity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A 'human person'
- De bg en 06-29-19
De: John Brant
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Two Hours
- The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
- De: Ed Caesar
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Two hours to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. Its running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. Now we can glimpse the mountaintop. The sub-two-hour marathon requires an exceptional feat of speed, mental strength, and endurance. The pioneer will have to endure more, live braver, plan better, and be luckier than any who has run before. Ed Caesar takes us into the world of elite runners: the greatest marathoners on Earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I liked it!
- De Amazon Customer en 05-07-16
De: Ed Caesar
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A Flame of Pure Fire
- Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
- De: Roger Kahn
- Narrado por: Kevin Yon
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
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Through most of the Roaring '20s, Jack Dempsey was the heavyweight champion of the world. With his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, he was a fighter perfectly suited to his time. In A Flame of Pure Fire, renowned sports writer Roger Kahn not only chronicles the thrilling, brutal bouts of the Manassa Mauler, but also illustrates how the tumultuous 1920s shaped Dempsey - and how the champ, in turn, left an indelible mark on sports and American history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ambitious but poorly executed
- De Keith en 10-02-19
De: Roger Kahn
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The Limit
- Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit
- De: Michael Cannell
- Narrado por: Fred Stella
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
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Phil Hill, a lowly California mechanic who, defying all expectations, became the first American to win the Grand Prix championship. In the tradition of Seabiscuit and The Right Stuff, Cannell’s high-octane narrative evokes the lives of the daredevils who tempted fate each Sunday by driving well over 150 mph without benefit of seat belts or roll bars.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Intro to F1 History
- De Aser Tolentino en 01-19-13
De: Michael Cannell
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Triumph
- The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
- De: Jeremy Schaap
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
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In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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race headwinds
- De Andy en 04-26-07
De: Jeremy Schaap
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A Life Without Limits
- A World Champion's Journey
- De: Chrissie Wellington, Lance Armstrong - foreward
- Narrado por: Polly Lee, Chrissie Wellington
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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In 2007, Chrissie Wellington shocked the triathlon world by winning the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. As a newcomer to the sport and a complete unknown to the press, Chrissie's win shook up the sport. A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS is the story of her rise to the top, a journey that has taken her around the world, from a childhood in England, to the mountains of Nepal, to the oceans of New Zealand, and the trails of Argentina, and first across the finish line.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Chrissie winning, on repeat
- De Mona en 03-13-13
De: Chrissie Wellington, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre C. C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race
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- Meghan Gantz
- 03-11-19
Great listen for distance runners
As a long distance runner, I was fascinated by the story of CC Pyle and this race! I loved listening to the daily grind and triumph of the runners!
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- Mr.
- 06-01-14
Good summer read
This is an interesting story and worthy of a relaxing day at the beach. I give it four stars.
The characters are quirky and different. The problem is the story becomes a bit tedious in that the same patterns evolve as the race goes on. Day by day the names change but the same things occur and this makes for predictable outcomes. This is light history and light reading but that is what you want for a summer read.
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- Andy
- 07-02-14
rollicking story of a very long foot race
Close up look at the hilarity as well as the blood, sweat and tears of this 1928 foot race across America. You'll get to know the many personalities in the race, including the runners and the promoter. A fun listen!
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- Noah Alessi
- 04-19-21
An insane story of human greed & willpower
An entertaining read, the narrator does the story great justice in his retelling of the absolute madness people subjected themselves to in their pursuit of fame and fortune in the midst of the endurance craze happening during the roaring 20s.
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