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The Messengers

Malcolm Anderson | ISBN 978-0-9683158-4-2 | Price: $17.80 CAD, $17.50 US

Malcolm Anderson’s book is based on interviews with more than 120 runners from around the world, some of whom have run more than one thousand marathons. And they all seem so happy. What’s going on? To most people, running a marathon seems a remarkable and remotely possible achievement, a major lifetime accomplishment. To run 100 or more marathons and ultra-marathons is even harder for people to comprehend, especially when you consider that more people have climbed Mt. Everest than run 100 marathons.

A Marathon Odyssey

Malcolm Anderson | ISBN 13: 978-0-9683158-2-8 | 394 Pgs | Price: $19.50 CAD

This is the true story of 3 marathons and an odyssey. The Athens marathon is held in November each year. Home of the marathon, home of the legend. It is run on the original marathon course of the 1896 Olympics – from Marathon to Athens, finishing in the Panathinaikon Olympic Stadium in the centre of Athens. Two months later in early January, Walt Disney World hosts the Goofy Challenge – run the half marathon around Disney World on the Saturday and you get a Donald Duck medal. Do the Full marathon on the Sunday and you get a Mickey Mouse medal. Complete both and you get a Goofy medal. To many people it doesn’t get much better than that.

The Cayman Islands Marathon Experience

Malcolm Anderson | ISBN-13: 978-0-9683158-3-5 | 149 Pgs | Price: $19.00 CAD

More and more people are running marathons than ever before. It’s possible for almost anyone. This book is a unique collection of the experiences of runners, volunteers and organizers of the 2006 Cayman Islands marathon. Runners describe in their own words the reasons why they run, their training, and what it was like on the day of the race. The collection is complemented with insights and facts and figures on marathons, their history and what they involve.