Len Hurst - The First Great Marathon Runner Yeovil Town FC he found the life stories

he found the life stories of the older musicians he worked with fascinating and an excellent way of recording living history

Apart from a spell during the 1970’s when Ian played cricket for Letchworth in the Hertfordshire Premier League

The result is a well-researched yet entertaining look at the people of the past

Patrick Mahon

He hates misrepresentation and deceit

Len Hurst - The First Great Marathon Runner Yeovil Town FC he found the life storiesPublished: Oct 2019 ISBN: 9781780915708 On the morning of Sunday July 19 1896, thousands of Parisians awoke early to watch the world's first city marathon. The winner, by a mile, was a brickmaker from Sittingbourne in South East England. Len Hurst won the 200 franc prize in a winning time of 2: 31: 30; 27 minutes faster than the mark of 2: 58: 50 set by Spiridon Louis of Greece three months earlier at the first Olympic marathon in Athens, Greece on 10