North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
(Sprache: Englisch)
From the author of the bestselling Eat & Run, a thrilling new memoir about taking on - and defeating - the Appalachian Trail.
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From the author of the bestselling Eat & Run, a thrilling new memoir about taking on - and defeating - the Appalachian Trail.
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The New York Times Bestseller'Heartwrenching and spellbinding.' Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run
2,200 miles. 47 days. One remarkable athlete.
Scott Jurek takes on the Appalachian Trail.
Scott Jurek is one of the greatest ultramarathon runners of all time and a living legend. North tells the story of his biggest challenge, undertaken at the end of a career full of glittering achievements: breaking the speed record for the Appalachian Trail, the famous path that runs for nearly 2,200 miles between Georgia and Maine, almost the entire length of the United States.
An ordeal of torturous physical exertion, debilitating sleep deprivation and unimaginable psychological pressure, the run required Jurek to reinvent himself at an age when lesser athletes would have been winding down. Battered by the elements and nearly beaten by an agonising injury, he ran, hiked and stumbled for forty-six days, eleven hours and twenty minutes, covering nearly fifty miles every single day. Always unsure whether he was going to make it to the finish, he was pulled north in pursuit of a lifelong dream.
Filled with Jurek's unique insights into running, as well as compelling descriptions of the awe-inspiring landscape of the Appalachian Trail and its rich history, North will delight runners and non-runners alike and will inspire anyone striving for their personal best.
Praise for Scott Jurek'The greatest ultrarunner of them all.' New York Times
'Scott Jurek's record-setting journey on the Appalachian Trail was the most punishing, most demanding, most gruelling feat I've ever personally witnessed . . . [North is] an immersive and engaging book.' Aron Ralston, author of 127 Hours
'Probably America's greatest ever ultrarunner.' Guardian
'One of the greatest runners of all time.' Runner's World
Autoren-Porträt von Scott Jurek
Scott Jurek is a world-renowned ultramarathon champion. He is the New York Times bestselling author of a memoir, Eat & Run, which was translated into twenty-five languages, and is one of the key characters in the global bestseller Born to Run. Jurek has claimed victories in nearly all of ultrarunning's elite trail and road events - including the historic 153-mile Spartathlon, the Hardrock 100, the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon, and the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. He and his wife Jenny live near the mountains of Boulder, Colorado.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Scott Jurek
- 2018, 304 Seiten, Masse: 15,3 x 23,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Mitarbeit: Jurek, Jenny
- Verlag: Random House Books
- ISBN-10: 1847948006
- ISBN-13: 9781847948007
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.04.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
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