THE RUNNING BOOM LINKS:

How the Running Boom Began by Roger Robinson

How a Marathon Win 50 Years Ago Kick-Started the ‘Running Boom' By Matthew Futterman

Frank Shorter couldn’t have imagined the impact his 1972 Olympic marathon victory would have on the sport. “I was just a piece in the puzzle,” he said.

The Runner: Phenomenon Of the '70s by Jane Leavy and Susan Okie

The Running Boom Isn’t Going Anywhere by Martin Fritz Huber

Has COVID changed the how we exercise? This research points to a running boom. by Pete Colaizzo