Obituaries | Londonist
7 December 2015
New Zealand-born sportswriter Norman Harris, organiser of London’s Sunday Times National Fun Run, and quite possibly the inventor of the word “jogger”, has died in Britain. He was 75.
Harris worked as a sports reporter…
Endurance
16 August 2007
Arthur Lydiard invented jogging. The method of building up physical fitness by gradually increasing stamina is a simple one, used by millions of men and women worldwide as part of their everyday health and…
Endurance
16 September 2005
“It is almost impossible for me to describe the race in detail, because the picture in my mind is just one long thrill of superlative excitement.”
Harold Abrahams, BBC race commentator, Berlin, 1936.
As the first…