In 1928 two extraordinary Englishmen competed in an unprecedented event - a transcontinental road race across America that required them to run an average of 40 miles for 80 consecutive days.
Despite being separated by class, education and age, Peter Gavuzzi and Arthur Newton became close friends and formed a successful business partnership as endurance athletes. They raced in 500-mile relays, in 24-hour events, in snowshoes and against horses; and they became the stars of a craze for endurance events that swept across depression-era North America and the most famous long-distance runners in the world.
However, history has forgotten these two men, and in Running for Their Lives - in a story peopled with remarkable characters, unimaginable feats and tragic twists of fate - they only now receive the recognition they so richly deserve.
- ISBN10 0224082590
- ISBN13 9780224082594
- Publish Date 4 April 2013 (first published 5 April 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Yellow Jersey Press
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 384
- Language English