Running Hard: The Story of a Rivalry

by Steve Chilton

Overview

For one brilliant season in 1983 the sport of fell running was dominated by the two huge talents of John Wild and Kenny Stuart. Wild was an incomer to the sport from road running and track. Stuart was born to the fells, but an outcast because of his move from amateur to professional and back again. Together they destroyed the record book, only determining who was top by a few seconds in the last race of the season. Running Hard is the story of that season, and an inside, intimate look at the two men by the author of It's a Hill, Get Over It and The Round.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910985571
Publisher:	Sandstone Press
Publication date:	02/16/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	17 MB
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations ix

Acknowledgements xi

Glossary/acronyms xiii

Preface xv

Part 1 Families

Chapter 1 Gotta keep it loose 3

Chapter 2 A good constitution for a small fella 17

Chapter 3 Laidback about training 24

Part 2 Track and pro

Chapter 4 Consistency is everything 35

Chapter 5 One serious regret 50

Chapter 6 Run lighter, run faster 62

Chapter 7 Good at climbing, descending, & training 72

Part 3 On the fells

Chapter 8 Having the guts to commit 85

Chapter 9 An idol and an inspiration 97

Chapter 10 Young, lean and hungry 110

Chapter 11 He came to beat me that day 124

Part 4 Head to head

Chapter 12 Too frightened to go on 141

Chapter 13 Nothing to do with fitness 153

Chapter 14 Drinks had been taken 164

Chapter 15 One of us had to come second 178

Part 5 Changes

Chapter 16 Following white flags in a snowstorm 193

Chapter 17 Ripe for a fast time 205

Chapter 18 Never an easy run with him 216

Chapter 19 Like winning the FA Cup 227

Part 6 Moving on

Chapter 20 He'll run a good bit faster 243

Chapter 21 Treat winners well on the continent 257

Chapter 22 Finished as firm friends 262

Index 277