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. Areporterfor the New York Times, Liz Robbins brings the color, the history, the electricity of this remarkable annual competitionalive in A Race Like No Other. Centering her narrative around the fabled 2007 running, Robbins captures all the intensity of the grand ev...