The Lure of Long Distances

Author: Robin Harvie
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B004P8K1VG

The Lure of Long Distances: Why We Run

Robin Harvie was a fairly ordinary runner. Get The Lure of Long Distances diet books 2013 for free.
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. Harvie's experience-from the mundanity of daily training routes to the extreme tests of the desert's scorching heat and the da Check The Lure of Long Distances our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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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 Harvie's experience-from the mundanity of daily training routes to the extreme tests of the desert's scorching heat and the da

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