{"product_id":"26-miles-to-boston-a-guide-to-the-worlds-most-famous-marathon-9781493046393","title":"26 Miles to Boston: A Guide to the World's Most Famous Marathon","description":"26 MILESTO BOSTON slips squarely into the running shoes and minds of the athletes as they traverse the 26-mile, 385-yard course of America's most venerated long-distance race.\u003cbr\u003eFrom suburban Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the center of metropolitan Boston, here are the mile-by-mile sights and sounds experienced by the runners. Interwoven throughout is the colorful history of the men and women of manifold skills who have competed in this preeminent event over the span of more than a century.\u003cbr\u003eProfusely illustrated with photographs and maps, 26 MILESTO BOSTON is a book for anyone who's ever wondered what it might be like to run the Boston Marathon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL CONNELLY competed in the 1996 Boston marathon on the race's centennial anniversary and crossed the finish line experiencing \"immeasurable joy, satisfaction, and pain.\" An executive with a Boston area bank, he lives with his family in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lyons Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50656489439506,"sku":"9781493046393","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea6f9828-8dd4-4478-a846-c52bd26ee2e1.jpg?v=1733387561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/26-miles-to-boston-a-guide-to-the-worlds-most-famous-marathon-9781493046393","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}