Len Hurst - The First Great Marathon Runner Yeovil Town FC funny stories and the view

funny stories and the view from inside the dressing room are all part and parcel of this absorbing book

he found the life stories of the older musicians he worked with fascinating and an excellent way of recording living history

making Llanelli's tinplate production the largest of any town in the world

He hates misrepresentation and deceit

Related in detail is the social and sporting background

Len Hurst - The First Great Marathon Runner Yeovil Town FC funny stories and the viewPublished: Oct 2019 ISBN: 9781780915708 On the morning of Sunday July 19 1896, thousands of Parisians awoke early to watch the world's first city marathon. The winner, by a mile, was a brickmaker from Sittingbourne in South East England. Len Hurst won the 200 franc prize in a winning time of 2: 31: 30; 27 minutes faster than the mark of 2: 58: 50 set by Spiridon Louis of Greece three months earlier at the first Olympic marathon in Athens, Greece on 10