After a busy few months, I've finally finished this book.
Absolutely recommend it.
As well as a well crafted account of Zatopek's life and career, it covers pre - WW2 Czechoslovakia through the war to communism and it's fall.
#running
#history
#Zatopek
Book cover 'Zátopek: Olympic legend to Cold War hero' by Richard Askwith.
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#Zátopek
Since me and The Uncooperative Calf Muscle are sidelined, the next best thing to running is reading about it !
Richard Askwith's biography of Emil Zátopek.
"He was magnificent in his running, but more magnificent still in his instinctive use […]
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Autsch! Gleich zwei dicke Fehler. Wer löst auf? #Zatopek #Melbourne #Olympics1956 #University 🇦🇺 @guenterklein.bsky.social
Not sure who was responsible for the 2024 On Track Nights ZATOPEK:10 broadcast last night, but lap counts, splits, and race time chyrons/graphics would be great. #zatopek #zatopek10
The Flying Mustache! 😂 #Zatopek
Wow.
Cameron Myers 7:41.11 smashing his own Australian U20 record over the 3000m by more than five seconds.
Previous PB / U20NR was 7:46.38
#Zatopek
Great to see Sarah Klein still in it! #zatopek
