Running: a global history

Messengers and forerunners

A primordial human trait

In honour of the gods

Roman games

Elephant races and Chinese tales

The running monks

Racing against horses

Wagers, clocks and brooms

French enlightenment and German health education

Mensen Ernst and Captain Barclay

Buffalo heart for breakfast

Bluffing and handicapping

The revival of the Olympic games

Running round a track

Finnish sisu

Ultrarunning as nation-building

Race across America

Dubious race theories

War and peace

In the service of the state

The dream mile

Africal arrives

Loving the landscape of pain

The jogging revolution

Big city marathons

Marathon women

Mr. Comeback

Stars, business and doping

Running with Zen

Running like ostriches

Striding out of poverty

How fast can a human being run?