LEADER 03480nam 22004455 450 001 9910153136303321 005 20230808200629.0 010 $a0-8248-6677-0 010 $a0-8248-6675-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780824866778 035 $a(CKB)3710000000960170 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669055 035 $a(DE-B1597)483716 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780824866778 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000960170 100 $a20190828d2016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe People's Race Inc. $eBehind the Scenes at the Honolulu Marathon /$fMichael S. K. N. Tsai 210 1$aHonolulu : $cUniversity of Hawaii Press, $d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (217 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-8248-6674-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPART I. THE PEOPLE'S RACE -- $tCHAPTER 1. A Good Day for a Marathon -- $tCHAPTER 2. Birth of the Honolulu Marathon -- $tCHAPTER 3. Rapid Growth Years -- $tCHAPTER 4. Transitional Times -- $tPART II. TURNING POINTS -- $tCHAPTER 5. The Marathon from Myth to Modernity -- $tCHAPTER 6. The Michigan Guys -- $tCHAPTER 7. The Coup -- $tCHAPTER 8. A Japanese Marriage -- $tCHAPTER 9. The Living Legacy of Bikila and Wolde -- $tCHAPTER 10. Challenges of the Big Time -- $tPART III. HONOLULU MARATHON INC. -- $tCHAPTER 11. An Economic Engine -- $tCHAPTER 12. Behind the Scenes -- $tCHAPTER 13. The Road Ahead -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aThe Honolulu Marathon debuted in 1973 as the shared vision of a maverick cardiologist bent on proving the benefit of long-distance running for cardiac patients and an impetuous mayor eager to prove Honolulu the equal of the top cities in the country. Over a span of forty-plus years, the race matured into one of the largest marathons in the world, a $100 million economic engine for its home state, and a launch pad for some of the most dominant long-distance runners in modern history. From its modest start as a community event for local amateurs, the race now regularly attracts 30,000 entrants-more than half from Japan-and boasts elite fields led by Kenyan and Ethiopian professional runners, each hoping to earn a share of a $150,000 prize purse.The People's Race Inc. captures the personalities, politics, and power plays behind the burgeoning growth of the Honolulu Marathon and provides a unique lens for understanding the complex history of the sport itself. Drawn from revealing interviews with those closest to the event, as well as exhaustive research, journalist Michael Tsai presents an insider's account of how organizers forged lucrative partnerships with foreign investors, helped initiate the age of African dominance of the marathon, and weathered some of the most bizarre challenges imaginable. The book also exposes the ways in which the marathon's expansive growth mirrored the explosive, at times bewildering, development of post-statehood Hawai'i. 606 $aSPORTS & RECREATION / History$2bisacsh 615 7$aSPORTS & RECREATION / History. 676 $a796.42/520996931 676 $a796.4252099600 700 $aTsai$b Michael S. K. N., $0974369 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153136303321 996 $aThe People's Race Inc$92836799 997 $aUNINA