For someone that got "into" running in the 1970s during the boom years, this will be a very evocative period piece. Memories of watching Shorter on TV winning the gold medal come quickly to mind, along with TV memories of Watergate, memories of the runner's watering hole the Eliot Lounge in Boston, as well as the famous 1982 Boston Marathon dubbed the "Duel in the Sun."
Any runner will enjoy this fast paced read, but especially someone who came of age in the 1970s.