Movie Review: Runner, a must see film

“A powerfully inspirational tale that could tide you over until the next Olympics.” “There are so many fascinating aspects to Runner that one barely knows where to begin.” “if you’re not sobbing…you’re likely made of stern stuff.” — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter

Book review: The Frontrunner, a novel by Brad Fawley

© Copyright - 2024 - Athletics Illustrated Title: The Frontrunner Author: Brad FawleyGenre: Fiction (a novel)Publisher: Green Writers Press (GWP)Pages: 405Publish date: April 9,...

Book Review: Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age Author: Jeff Bercovici Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing...

Book review: Blood, Sweat & Spikes: Running the Wetmore Way

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Title Blood, Sweat & Spikes: Running the Wetmore WayAuthorLyle SmithPublisherZolly House Press (Nymblesmith)ISBN-139798989265992Pages270 Review Who better to chronicle the memoir...

Marathon – by Hal Higdon

© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated Perhaps you have read John L. Parker Junior’s contribution to running culture, the quasi-fictional parable, Once a Runner...

Book Review: Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance Author: Alex Hutchinson Published: February 6th 2018 by William...

Book Review: The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Putin’s Secret Doping Empire

© Copyright - 2020 - Athletics Illustrated  Title: The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Putin's Secret Doping EmpireAuthor: Dr. Grigory RodchenkovPublisher: Penguin Random House...

Movie Review: BOSTON

© Copyright - 2017 - Athletics Illustrated Movie: BOSTON Genre: Documentary Run time: 2:02:57 Director: Jon Dunham The movie BOSTON is a slick, full-length documentary on the history of...

Human Powered: A Film by Matt Cecill about the Finlayson Arm Ultramarathon

© Copyright - 2019 - Athletics Illustrated Human Powered is runner, coach and multi-media specialist (photography and videography) Matt Cecill’s short (23:51) film on the...

Book review: Running with Sherman, by Chris McDougall

© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Running with Sherman: How a Rescue Donkey Inspired a Rag-Tag Gang of Runners to Enter the...