Dean Karnazes is unique. I've just finished his book, "Ultramarathon man: Confessions of an all-night runner", which charts his running career from the day he had a breakdown in a bar after work to the moment he broke through the 200-mile barrier.
The inspirational aspect is his enthusiasm and the fact he didn't properly take up the sport until he was 30.
Ignore if you can the fact he was a champion athlete at school, graced the cover of various windsurfing magazines in the meantime, and can get by on four hours sleep a night.
It's an easy read filled with plenty of useful tips, gung-ho quotes and up-lifting moments. But it is a book that shouldn't be handed to the likes of impressionable people such as myself who really need to learn to walk before they can run, let alone hear tales of the Western States Endurance Run which makes the BG sound like a warm-up.
A logical next step from Monday's four-mile 'Blaise Blazer' hill race. (26 mins and 13th in case you are reading Ian!)
The inspirational aspect is his enthusiasm and the fact he didn't properly take up the sport until he was 30.
Ignore if you can the fact he was a champion athlete at school, graced the cover of various windsurfing magazines in the meantime, and can get by on four hours sleep a night.
It's an easy read filled with plenty of useful tips, gung-ho quotes and up-lifting moments. But it is a book that shouldn't be handed to the likes of impressionable people such as myself who really need to learn to walk before they can run, let alone hear tales of the Western States Endurance Run which makes the BG sound like a warm-up.
A logical next step from Monday's four-mile 'Blaise Blazer' hill race. (26 mins and 13th in case you are reading Ian!)
Now where are my running shoes...
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