{"product_id":"runners-in-black-the-glory-years-and-later-by-christopher-tobin","title":"Runners in Black: The Glory Years, And Later by Christopher Tobin.","description":"\u003cp\u003eRunners in Black: The Glory Years, And Later by Christopher Tobin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Bosco Press, 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e384 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn February 1954, an unlikely looking runner with a withered left arm shot into world reckoning as a miler. His name was Murray Halberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoached by Arthur Lydiard, an Auckland shoe factory foreman, Halberg went on to become an Olympic champion and world record-holder, so too did another athlete Lydiard coached, Peter Snell.\u003cbr\u003eTheir success and that of other athletes coached by Lydiard inspired a new generation of champions through the 1970s and into the 1980s: Allison Roe, Lorraine Moller, Anne Audin, Dick Quax, Rod Dixon, Dick Tayler, and John Walker.\u003cbr\u003eNew Zealand became known as a nation that produced great runners.\u003cbr\u003eThen tradition faded and almost died until a new star emerged, Nick Willis. However, apart from Willis the days of world-class runners coming consistently out of New Zealand have gone.\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores what happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718520508663,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_8023_a6d6b153-49d5-48cd-b881-97dc60336e81.jpg?v=1777411109","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-ca\/products\/runners-in-black-the-glory-years-and-later-by-christopher-tobin","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}