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"The epic true story of one man, a dog, and how they found each other As seen on an ESPN SC Featured documentary When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon. When the team left the next day,...
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis unlocks the secret to maximizing perseverance--on and off the trail. Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record holder of the FKT (fastest known time) on the Appalachian Trail, reveals the secrets and habits behind endurance as she chronicles her incredible accomplishments in the world of endurance hiking, backpacking, and trail running. With a storyteller's ear for fascinating detail and description,...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Obstacle course racing is the fastest-growing sport in U.S. history. Every week, thousands of marathoners, CrossFitters, and casual weekend warriors run through mud and fire, crawl under barbed wire, scramble over ten-foot walls, and dodge baton-wielding gladiators. Some even sprint through electrically charged wires only to suffer muscle-seizing shocks and faceplant in the muck. Journalist and endurance athlete Erin Beresini dives into this world...
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Experiment
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Having competed in over 600 long-distance races across fifty-five years, Ed Ayres is arguably the most experienced American distance runner still competing today. A book no one else could have written, The Longest Race is his urgent exploration of the connection between endurance athletes and a sustainable society. The Longest Race begins with Ayres at the starting line of the 2001 JFK 50 Mile-- the nation’s oldest and largest ultramarathon and,...
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Rocky Mountain Books Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"“Polepole” (poe-lay-poe-lay) ― a Swahili term meaning “slowly, slowly” ― is what porters on Kilimanjaro say as you climb the mountain. It’s also how you train for other long-distance mountain treks. Of the estimated 35,000 people that attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania every year, about half do not make it to the top. There are several reasons for this, but one of the primary blocks is people arriving to the mountain physically...
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VeloPress
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Fast After 50 is for every endurance athlete who wants to stay fast for years to come. For runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, and cross-country skiers, getting older doesn't have to mean getting slower. Drawing from the most current research on aging and sports performance, Joe Friel--America's leading endurance sports coach--shows how athletes can race strong and stay healthy well past age 50. In his groundbreaking book Fast After 50, Friel...
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Patagonia Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Dovetailing on the success of Training for the New Alpinism and Patagonias own emphasis on all mountain use, Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals. Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, and his coach Scott Johnston, an Olympic-level cross country ski coach, along with Kilian Jornet, hands-down best endurance athlete at this time, present...
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Imagine!
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"A father and son participate in "the World's Toughest Race," the Eco Challenge Fiji, as the father battles Alzheimer's Disease"--
"In October 2018, Mark “Mace” Macy, sixty-four years old, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Mace had spent thirty years competing in Colorado and around the world in ultra-endurance competitions and is one of the few people who have finished all eight Eco-Challenge events. Once diagnosed,...
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