Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon

Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon

â€œEssential reading for every runner.â€ â€”Menâ€™s Fitness

â€œCompellingâ€¦As becomes clear not long after its starting gun, this book transcends the search for a two-hour marathon.â€ â€”The Washington Post

Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. It is runningâ€™s Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we can glimpse the mountaintop. The sub-two hour marathon will require an exceptional combination of speed, mental strength, and endurance. The pioneer will have to endure more, live braver, plan better, and be luckier than anyone who has run before. So who will it be?

In this spellbinding book, journalist Ed Caesar takes us into the world of elite marathoners: some of the greatest runners on earth. Through the stories of these rich characters, like Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai, around whom the narrative is built, Caesar traces the history of the marathon as well as the science, physiology, and psychology involved in running so fast for so long. And he shows us why this most democratic of races retains its brutal, enthralling appealâ€”and why we are drawn to test ourselves to the limit.

Two Hours is a book about a beautiful sport few people understand. It takes us from big-money races in the United States and Europe to remote villages in Kenya. Itâ€™s about talent, heroism, and refusing to accept defeat. It is a book about running that is about much more than running. It is a human drama like no other.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781451685855
ReleaseDate 2016-10-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451685855

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781451685855
ReleaseDate	2016-10-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451685855

Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon

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