Extreme Running

Additional Extreme Running Information

Running is an inexpensive, practical, and convenient sport, but some take it to the limit. From cold-weather running in Alaska to the intense heat of the Sahara Marathon, athletes attempt to overcome the elements. Extremes of environment, route, and geography are another challenge: trails through dense jungle and over soaring mountain ranges. The rewards are experiences of a lifetime, the sense of having been to largely unexplored places, and realizing unique ambitions. Never before has there been a manual to pull together all the elements of this new but fast-growing sport, touching on every aspect from lone desert running to ultramarathons. The follow-up to Extreme Golf and Extreme Sailing, this third volume is a must-have for all runners.

What Customers Say About Extreme Running:

It is a good motivation to see and "meet" the people in this book who have complete all this routes. This is a great book to get motivated, if you have never run an ultra. At the same time it is a good resource for the scedules of races on different points of the world.The page design, the photos and the print quality is very satisfying.A warning for the readers who is looking for technical data and training tips; please not this is not a "trainer" book, but it is a "must have" item, since the psychological stamina is needed as much as the physical stamina for ultr running. The book is full of great pictures, where you can feel the whole environment of different races on amazing routes of different continents. I was always reading books about ultra and extra running, but this book showed me the real "living" face of the races, and let me think "why not.". And this is what this book can provide you. Ther will be always a "better" but this one is the best from my opinion now.

If you are a runner, adventure racer, ultrarunner, or interested in extreme events, Extreme Running is for you. The Marathon des Sables is featured in 16 pages, Badwater in 10, while others are covered in several pages. While not inclusive of all extreme events on the seven continents, the book does a great job of showing you popular events and enough information to help you decide if you could do any one of them. Extreme Running features sections on races on the seven continents. It appeals to me because I love the draw and challenge of these extreme events. Twenty-four events are profiled in the chapters. I love this book. The photos are fantastic - making you feel in the race.

Each event is shown with plenty of photos, race information, distance, time of year, field size, ascent and decent data, contact and Web information, and maps or an altitude profile. As you read the chapters, you get a feel for the event and its difficulty. This is a book that some might call a "coffee table" book - it is that beautiful. As the author of Fixing Your Feet, I patch the feet of these athletes, and have been to several of them and can attest to the descriptions as accurate.