Running for Their Lives

By Mark Whitaker

Subjects: History, Marathon running, Long-distance runners, Biography, Long-distance running, Running, South africa, biography, Great britain, biography

Description: You're unlikely to have heard of Britain's greatest long-distance runner. Despite being a world-class athlete, Peter Gavuzzi was consigned to obscurity. His heyday was in 1929, when he took part in the most extraordinary race ever held u a transcontinental run across America. He covered an improbable 3,500 miles in just 78 days.