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Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn
Category: Sport
After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races, from the Olympics to big city marathons, "Runner's World" contributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his family (and his running shoes), he mov ...Show more
Running with the Kenyans : Discovering the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth by Adharanand Finn
Category: Sport
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year - Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner - Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards. After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest long-distance races, Runner's World contributor Adharanand Finn set o ...Show more
The Rise of the Ultra Runners - A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance by Adharanand Finn
Category: Sport
An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running.Once the reserve of only the most hardcore enthusiasts, ultra running is now a thriving global industry, with hundreds of thousands of competitors each year. But is the rise of this most brutal and challenging sport--with races that ...Show more
The Way of the Runner: A Journey into the Fabled World of Japanese Running by Adharanand Finn
Category: Gift
A fascinating and personal exploration of Japan's obsession with running by Adharanand Finn, award-winning author of Running with the Kenyans. We know what Haruki Murakami talks about when he talks about running - but did you know that Japan has the most developed and lucrative running league in the ...Show more
The Way of the Runner: A Journey into the Obsessive World of Japanese Running by Adharanand Finn
Category: Sport
Welcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, where: a long-distance relay race is the country's biggest annual sporting event; companies sponsor their own running teams, paying the athletes like employees; and marathon monks run a thousand marathons in a thousand days to reach spiritual ...Show more
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