Annual Alfie Shrubb 8K Classic  ›  The Little Wonder, by Rob Hadgraft

He was small and wiry and ran like a startled deer. In his first big race, in 1900, astonished onlookers labelled him ‘The Little Wonder"- a nickname the press latched on and to which it struck. Within a few years Alfred Shrubb’s fame had spread worldwide and he had laid claim to being athletics’ first international superstar.