With Doug Hess: The Long Run with Martin Dugard

About this episode

James Lott Jr. interviews Martin Dugard about his book 'The Long Run', exploring the running and marathon boom of the 1970s and 1980s.

IN this episode I spoke with Martin Dugard about his latest book "The Long Run". A dramatic narrative telling the story behind the running and marathon boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, featuring the stories of Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Grete Waitz, and many others, and how a generation of runners turned a formerly obscure distance into a national obsession

People in this episode

Host: James Lott Jr

Guest: Martin Dugard

Topics covered

• running
• marathon
• 1970s
• 1980s
• sports history
• biography
• cultural impact

Keywords

• The Long Run
• Martin Dugard
• running boom
• marathon history
• Steve Prefontaine
• Frank Shorter
• Joan Benoit Samuelson
• Grete Waitz

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