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inspired by the running revolution that was taking place in the United States from the middle 1970s onwards and the increasing popularity of city marathons like those in New York and Boston. They decided to recreate the same classic race in London. At the same time in Newcastle the Pied Piper of British athletics, Brendan Foster, was doing the same with the first Great North Run. Suddenly, the people who turned out to line the streets, and many more at home who watched on television ... witnessed not just a handful of elite athletes at the front of the field but crucially, a lot of people making up the numbers who looked a lot like them. The combined efforts of Foster, Brasher and Disley did a great deal to change attitudes to recreational running — which was cleverly aligned to the prevailing health and fitness agenda.
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Three times in modern history, distance-running has skyrocketed. Each time, it's been in the midst of a major crisis. In the US, the first boom came during the Great Depression. The next was in the 1970s, during a recession, race riots, assassinations, and the war in Vietnam. And the third boom? One
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in the early 1970s ... people just didn't run unless they were members of the local athletics club. ... The marathon runner was looked on as a slightly quirky, sometimes eccentric, figure. That ... changed ... quite dramatically in April 1981 ... Olympians Chris Brasher and John Disley ... were
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a second running boom occurred in Europe and North America marked by a more notable increase in participation in organized races. The number of finishers of road races of all distances in the United States increased by 300% between 1990 and 2013; followed by a
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Studies have shown a continuous trend of 'democratization' among participants of running events since 1969 with broader socio-demographic representation among participants, including more female finishers, although some evidence is mixed and participation still varies by country and event.
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during the decade, particularly in the United States, which spread to other countries in the following decade, including the United Kingdom. It is estimated that 25 million Americans took up some aspect of running in the 1970s and 1980s, including President
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The boom was primarily a 'jogging' movement in which running was generally limited to personal physical activity and often pursued alone for recreation and fitness. It was also associated with a growth in public participation in competitive
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The growth in road racing events spread to other countries including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and to Europe in the following decade. In the UK, public interest and participation in running grew after Olympians
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occurred in high- and middle-income countries. It was particularly pronounced in the United States and occurred in other countries including the United Kingdom and other European countries, Australia and New Zealand.
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The boom attracted women and individuals in minority communities, but studies from the time showed that participants in running races were most commonly university-educated men in
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The British trio of Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram has in the 1970s and 1980s written one of the most impressive chapters of world middle distance running history.
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is credited with inspiring the running boom in the United States. He was the third American to win the Olympic marathon, but the first since 1908. The victory was covered by
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Women were just beginning to become accepted as athletes. Road running and marathoning became a place they could excel. Female pioneers in the United States including
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The television story changed the way Americans viewed the sport of long-distance running. According to Joe Muldowney, at the time "most Americans had no idea what the
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The boom was primarily a 'jogging' movement in which running was generally limited to personal physical activity and often pursued alone for recreation and fitness.
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began in the late 1960s, building on a post-World War II trend towards non-organized, individualistic, health-oriented physical and recreational activities.
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as a fitness routine, including for people of an advanced age. Bowerman took running back to the United States; he began a public jogging program at
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events evolved in the United States offering public participation. As technology improved, television coverage of major races eventually included:
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Many factors combined to build momentum for the boom in the United States. Media coverage was responsive and supportive of the boom.
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both in 1981. Several British runners who began running in the 1970s achieved "Big City" marathon wins in the 1980s, including
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As well as the USA, the first running boom did spread to other countries, including the UK Australia, and New Zealand
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It is estimated that 25 million Americans took up some aspect of running in the 1970s and 1980s, including President
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Then came the glorious era of the 1970s and 1980s, when the British trio of Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram
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Elite athletes and events contributed to the growing popularity and recognition of the sport. Finnish athlete
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year after the 9/11 attacks, trail running suddenly became the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the US.
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grew from a top high school runner into an American sports hero and had a popular rivalry with
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for women to help numerically offset the number of players on their economically lucrative
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The world of running has changed a lot since its British heyday in the 1970s and 1980s.
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magazine, launched in 1966 and became a monthly in 1973. Competitors included
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was, let alone its weird 26.2-mile distance. Some folks may have heard of the
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included the phrase among the ten most memorable American sports calls.
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in 1978, a philosophical approach which also became a best seller.
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in 1966 which helped to popularize the concept in the U.S.
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
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led other women to believe they could run seriously.
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inspired the public. New elite teams formed, notably
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Index

road running
Jimmy Carter
white-collar
jogging
Arthur Lydiard
track and field
Bill Bowerman
running
Hayward Field
Jim Ryun
Marty Liquori
Steve Prefontaine
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
Frank Shorter
marathon
1972 Summer Olympics
ABC
Erich Segal
Washington Post
marathon
Boston Marathon
Lasse Virén
Flying Finns
Bill Rodgers
Craig Virgin
Athletics West
Sebastian Coe
Steve Cram
Steve Ovett
middle distance running

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