Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon

Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.425
EAN: 9781891369377
ISBN: 1891369377
Label: Breakaway Books
Manufacturer: Breakaway Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher: Breakaway Books
Studio: Breakaway Books
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Editorial Reviews:

Running to the limits of human -endurance.

For those who are not content to run merely 26.2 miles, there is ultramarathoning. Some of the biggest ultras are 50 or 100 miles long, races in which people run all day, through the night and on into the next day. What makes them tick? What thoughts go through their minds at mile 93? How is the pain different from that of a marathon? How can you train for such a colossal undertaking? All these questions are answered in 35 interviews with ultramarathoners. Ultramarathoning is the logical next step for those who burn with a desire to achieve and explore their limits. Every kind of ultra runner is included here, and this book will be an indispensable volume for anyone dreaming of running long.



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Summary: Running An Ultra Trail Race While On The Couch
Comment: If you read to learn, then jump the wall to get
"Running Through The Wall."
With a host of authors all writing of personal encounters with trails, the book continues to inform and teach long after you've squeezed the cost out of it.
Ultra Runners keep pushing the envelope on methods, tricks-of-the-trade improvements, that increase the odds of one finishing or even medaling an ultradistance race. And here, in neat readable book form, are those tips, tricks, and tales -- no secrets are held back.
I keep this book handy as it is impossible not to get lost in the stories, forty or so, that have you right along side the ultra runner combating the devils on the trail . . . all of those devils working to make failure the victor over achievement. You learn how these ultrathoners overcome challenges to win; perhaps not the race, but the life experience.
Phillip Gary Smith, author, ULTRA SUPERIOR
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Summary: Pure motivation and inspiration
Comment: I have just started on the adventure of long-distance and ultrarunning and was in need of some motivational reading material. And this book is it!

The accounts of these ultrarunners - ranging from housewives, mother of 3, accident survivors, people you can relate to - is both motivational and inspirational.

If reading their stories about the joys and hardships of running ultra events don't get you to put on your running shoes and get out there, nothing will!

When the going gets tough on my long runs now and I need encouragement to continue, I recall some of these stories and remember what made those particular runners persevere no matter.

Excellent book!
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Summary: Experiences to learn from
Comment: As a newborn runner without any experience from running ultras or any friends that do, reading this book is like sitting round the camp fire and listening to all these seasoned ultra runners telling their stories. It gives you a taste of what one can go through when pushing ones body and mind to and through the barrier (or wall) of human endurance. It also shows you that almost anyone can do it if they set their mind to it.
It made me decide to give ultra a shot!
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Summary: Inspiring
Comment: Most of the essays in this book are wonderfully written. I can only think of one or two that were poorly written and not exhilirating. This book is absolutely inspiring, and has inspired me to want to run an ultra myself. Of course, never having been in any race in my entire life, I have to run a marathon first, which I will be doing in October.

I love the fact that such a diverse group of people were called upon to contribute to this book. The diversity of it is definitely its strongest suit.
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Summary: Great Book
Comment: I am just getting into marthathons, but see myself running at least a 50 miler. This book is great for giving you real people's experiences with ultras. You truly get a taste of the good, the bad, and the ugly. You begin to understand that you can do far more than you think you can. I also learned from this book that you must have dogged tanacity toward your goals. It also gave me a different perspective while I was training for my marathon (which I just ran my first this past weekend - the 07 Flying Pig in Cincinnati). I saw it as just a step toward my ultras instead of an end in itself.
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