Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner Review
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This book is an autobiography about Dean Karnazes, even though it may look like egocentric at first, his running adventures really keep you reading and wanting to know more, for those who rated the book with 1 or 2 stars because they are already ultra runners and wanted to find recipes and obscure techniques, too bad, this book, I think was for the general audience and wannabe ultra-marathoners (like myself, who has completed 2 marathons and I am for my third this year, I really found inspiration in this book to go for the 50 miles next year). The title was not even his idea, it was from Lessley Anderson from the San Francisco Weekly, he mentions this in the acknowledgments (evidently a sales and marketing strategy), I have not had the honor to meet the man, but in the interviews that I have seen from him, he’s quite humble, not with a super ego. All things considered, Dean has been very clever on exploiting his fame and at the same time, he does not do it just for the ego (let’s face it, we all have some amount of ego), he’s also deeply engaged in charity (something, I have been inspired to do also),
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Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner Overview
Ultra-marathoner Dean Karnazes claims “There is magic in misery.” While it would be easy to write off his habit of running for 100 miles at a timeor longeras mere masochism, it’s impossible to not admire his tenacity in pushing his body to reach one extreme goal after another. Sure, it’s gory to read about how he lost one of his big toenails from shoe friction during the Western States Endurance Run. But what registers more is that here’s a guy competing in an event that includes 38,000 feet of elevation change–the equivalent of scaling the Empire State Building 30 times.
Despite his considerable athleticism, “Karno” argues that the first half of any race is run with one’s body, and the second half with the mind. Without delving into excessively touchy-feely territory, he explores “the possibilities of self” as he completes an ultra-marathon in 120-degree heat in Death Valley, and later the first-ever marathon at the South Pole. It’s an odd combination: a California surfer dude contemplating how, as Socrates said, “Suffering leads to wisdom.” But Karnazes’s self-motivation is utterly intriguing, and it’s impossible to read this memoir without wanting to go out and run a marathon yourself.–Erica Jorgensen
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner Specifications
As an athlete, ultrarunning legend (Men’s Journal) Dean Karnazes has run 350 miles without rest and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. As an author, he has inspired countless couch potatoes to get off the couch, cancel the cable, and start running. In September, Karnazes embarks on his most monumental feat ever, The North Face Endurance 50. Beginning September 17 (at the Lewis & Clark Marathon in St. Charles, Missouri), Dean will run fifty marathons (each marathon is 26.2 miles) in fifty states on fifty consecutive days. The North Face Endurance 50 will culminate with Dean’s run in the New York City Marathon on November 5.Promotional blow-in cards for this unprecedented run, sure to receive extraordinary media coverage, are inserted in this paperback edition of Ultramarathon Man, which also includes a new epilogue with Dean’s diet and training tips.
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