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Mentioned as a book written by an upcoming guest who will be discussing boxing. The hosts note that Coles makes the point that historians tend to neglect sport or condescend to it when writing about it.

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Referenced when discussing the details of Richard Manx's pedestrianism feats in 1851. The host quotes from this book to describe Manx's walking challenges at a cricket club in Sheffield.

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Mentioned in an advertisement for a film adaptation. Described as Stephen King's very first book, written in 1967 and published in 1979, about a competition where 50 boys must keep walking or be shot.