{"product_id":"the-running-trivia-book-mark-will-weber-9781891369575","title":"The Running Trivia Book: 1001 Questions from the Sprints to the Marathon","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Will-Weber is the genius behind \u003ci\u003eThe Quotable Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, which sold over 30,000 copies in hardcover, and started the successful Quotable series. Now, in the same gift-book format, he has gathered a series of delightful trivia questions sure to entertain, perplex, and astonish everyone who loves running. The questions vary in difficulty from \"Bronze\" for beginners to \"Gold\" for the experts, with a few bonus questions even beyond Gold--brain-busters that might elude the most hardened veteran of track trivia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho was the first man to run four minutes for the mile?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Bannister? No  England's Derek Ibbotson ran exactly 4:00.0 in 1955. He eventually set a world record of 3:57.2 in 1957, after Bannister, of course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen New Zealand's John Walker became the first man to break 3:50 in the mile at Gothenburg, Sweden, in the days of enforced amateur status, he was rewarded with a small amount of appearance money and what else?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. An audience with King Gustav VI\u003cbr\u003e B. A case of beer\u003cbr\u003e C. A silver stopwatch with 3:49.4 engraved on it\u003cbr\u003e D. A date with a Swedish model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Answer: B for Beer. The Kiwi runners such as Walker and Dixon were quite fond of it.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there are 999 more in this ebullient celebration of running. It is all endless good fun and a sure hit among the rabid running crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Will-Weber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1891369571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781891369575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Breakaway Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.82h x 5.82w x 1.14d","brand":"Mark Will-Weber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46420323664127,"sku":"9781891369575","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79e50910-fb85-4eef-81d2-e0d35c217337.jpg?v=1734634295","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-running-trivia-book-mark-will-weber-9781891369575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}