Feet in the Clouds (eBook)

20th Anniversary Edition - A Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession

Richard Askwith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
376 Seiten
Aurum (Verlag)
978-0-7112-9194-2 (ISBN)

Infos

';A masterpiece'The Sunday Times';The pure essence of trail running, infectious and captivating' Scott Jurek, bestselling author ofEat and Run';One of the best books about the extremes of sporting endeavour that you will ever read'Independent on SundayTwenty years since it was first published,Feet in the Cloudsby Richard Askwith remains the definitive story of fell-running and a modern sports classic. Richard Askwith's journey takes him into a world of forbidding rocky hills, horizontal rain, fear, exhaustion and stunning natural beauty, as well as one of the sport's purest and toughest challenges: the Bob Graham Round, running 42 Lake District peaks in 24 hours. Along the way, he encounters some of the most prodigious and unsung athletes that Britain has produced, such as Joss Naylor, who covered the equivalent of four Everests in a single run. Gripping, funny and moving,Feet in the Cloudsis a story that any aspiring runner, endurance athlete or mountain-lover will understand well: of extremity, heroism and the experience of a lifetime. With a fully revised epilogue and an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, this is a complete portrait of one of the few sports to have remained utterly true to its roots in which the point is not fame or fortune but to run the ancient, wild landscape, and to be a hero, if at all, within one's own valley.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.5.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Leichtathletik / Turnen
• Schlagworte: Adventure • adventurer • Athletics • Ben Nevis • Ben Nevis race • Bill Teasdale • Billy Bland • Bob Graham Round • Borrowdale • Britain's mountains • challenge • distance running • endurance • Ennerdale run • EPIC • fell race • fell racing • Fell running • fell running guide • fells of britain • great runs • half marathon • hill running • history of fell running • Inspiration • Inspirational • Joss Naylor • Lake District • lake district race • Lakeland valleys • Marathon • marathon runner • Motivation • Motivational • mountain marathons • mountain race • mountain running • mountain runs • off road running • Outdoors • race running • runners • Running • running stories • Snowdon race • Sprint • story of fell running • trail and fell running • trail and fell running guide • trail runner • Training • Ultramarathon • ultra runner • ultra running • uphill running • valley running • Wasdale fell • Wild Running • worlds most challenging runs • worlds most difficult runs
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-9194-2 / 0711291942
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-9194-2 / 9780711291942