Robin Emery
Maine's First Lady of Road Racing
Erschienen am 1. März 2019
216 Seiten
978-1-60893-904-6 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Robin Emery of Ellsworth, Maine is a pioneer in the sport of road racing, or distance running. She fell in love with the sport of running in 1967 and, fifty years later, she is still at it. When she started, women weren't allowed to race with men and there were no sports teams for girls in schools, but that was no deterrent. Robin persisted, trying a range of sports as a child from golf to football before establishing herself in the field of running. Along the way she has encouraged and inspired countless girls and women-including Maine's Olympic gold medal winning Joan Benoit Samuelson.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrationen
33 BW Photos
Dateigröße
16,03 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-60893-904-6 (9781608939046)
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Ed Rice grew up in Bangor and has been an arts critic for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Maine Times, and Maine Public Broadcasting System's "Maine Things Considered". He has taught journalism and communication studies at several colleges, as well as taught high school English and coached cross country. He lives with his wife, Susan, in New Brunswick, Canada.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Ch01. Fresh from Tackle Football, All Dirty and with Leaves in Her Hair
- Ch02. Running Scared Until Dick Goodie Delivers "The Talk"
- Ch03. Diane Fournier Joins Robin in Breaking Down Barriers
- Ch04. Portland Boys Club Race: "My God, There's a Broad! You Go Alice!"
- Ch05. Bangor Labor Day 5-Mile Race: "Okay [to Run], My Dear-But Just Don't Get in the Way"
- Ch06. If You're a Runner, You Have to Run Boston-You Have to Do It!
- Ch07. Winning Is Not a "Ho-Hum" Easy Thing at All
- Ch08. Men for Whom It Was "One Big Damn Deal" to Beat Robin
- Ch09. Masters Running and Massachusetts Years, 1985-2000
- Ch10. Robin's Fire Still Burns: Looking for Wrinkles, Gray Hair
- Ch11. Cabot Trail Relay: Twenty-Seven Straight Hours of Running Fun!
- Ch12. Following in Robin's Special Footsteps: Sarah Mulcahy
- Ch13. Robin's Future Goal: To Be a Fast Ninety-Year-Old
- Ch14. Road Racing in Maine: Running inthe Footsteps of Those Who Loved the Sport as Much as We Do
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
