A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York

“Gets closer to this marathon than an avenue railbird, and it leaves impressions not fleeting, but lasting.”

—Sports Illustrated

The New York City Marathon is considered one of the nation’s—and the world's—premier sporting events. A reporter for the New York Times, Liz Robbins brings the color, the history, the electricity of this remarkable annual competition alive in A Race Like No Other. Centering her narrative around the fabled 2007 running, Robbins captures all the intensity of the grand...