|
|
books
| book details |
The Lure of Long Distances: Why We Run
By (author) Robin Harvie
|
| on special |
normal price: R 1 049.95
Price: R 996.95
|
| book description |
Robin Harvie was a fairly ordinary runner. He ran his first marathon after a bet. Then he found that although he couldn't run fast, he could run long distances- very long. A casual hobby turned into a 120-miles-a-week obsession, and a training route along the River Thames morphed into a promise to himself that he would tackle the oldest and toughest footrace on earth: the Spartathlon from Athens to Sparta. This race, a recreation of Pheidippides's legendary journey, is 150 miles long, crosses two mountain ranges, and is the toughest race on the ultradistance runner's calendar. It isn't at all ordinary. p class=""MsoNormal""Harvie's experience- from the mundanity of daily training routes to the extreme tests of the desert's scorching heat and the darkest hours of the night- reveals the profoundly intoxicating experience of running, and the ways in which every mile taken is both a step further into the unknown and a pace deeper into the self.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | PublicAffairs,U.S.
Published date | 26 Apr 2011
Language |
Format | Hardback
Pages | 288
Dimensions | 216 x 143 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-6103-9020-0
Readership Age |
BISAC | sports & recreation / track & field
| other options |
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
This is indeed a story of mercy and the redemption it offers.
|
Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with alchemy and science to build a monster stitched together from dead remains.
|
|
Mary Shelley
Paperback / softback
112 pages
was: R 285.95
now: R 251.95
|
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature.
|
|
Katie Daysh
Paperback / softback
384 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 259.95
|
|
|
|
|
