A Runner's High
Author(s): Dean Karnazes
Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports
The iconic superhuman endurance runner embarks on his toughest challenge yet-the Western States 100-offering insights into why running is so challenging and rewarding. Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits, from running in the shoe-melting heat of Death Valley to the lung-freezing cold of the South Pole. He's raced and competed across the globe and once ran 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 consecutive days. In A Runner's High, Karnazes chronicles his return to the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in his mid-fifties after first completing the race decades ago. The Western States, infamous for its rugged terrain and extreme temperatures, becomes the most demanding competition of his life, a physical and emotional reckoning and a battle to stay true to one's purpose. Confronting his age, wearying body, career path and life choices, we see Karnazes as we never have before, raw and exposed. A Runner's High is both an endorphin-fuelled page-turner and a love letter to the sport from one of its most celebrated ambassadors. 'Running with Karnazes is like setting up one's easel next to Monet of Picasso.' - The New York Times 'Dean makes the extraordinary look easy.' - GQ 'The indefatigable human.' - Wired
Product Information
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- : Allen & Unwin
- : UNKNOWN
- : 01 January 2021
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- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : 796.42092 B
- : English
- : 2107
- : Paperback
- : Dean Karnazes