Book description
The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious
stewards gave chase. The crowd roared.
A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as 'the ghost
runner'. John Tarrant. The extraordinary man whom nobody could stop.
As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he'd been paid £17 expenses.
When he wanted to run, he was banned for life. His amateur status had
been compromised. Forever. Now he was fighting back, gatecrashing
races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high
places. Soon he would be a record-breaker, one of the greatest
long-distance runners the world has ever seen.
This is his true story: The Ghost Runner.
Bill Jones worked for Granada Television for 27 years, where he was
an award-winning documentary maker. He now works as a freelance writer
and programme maker. He was researching a documentary about the
centenary of the Manchester running club Salford Harriers in 1985 when
he first came across the story of John Tarrant (a former Harriers
member) and it has haunted him ever since.
