Marathon Man

My Life, My Father's Stroke and Running 35 Marathons in 35 Days

Alan Corcoran (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2021
Tivoli Publishing House (Verlag)
978-1-8383650-0-4 (ISBN)

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Motivated by his dad's stroke and with no long-distance running experience, Alan begins an inspiring journey to try to run 35 marathons in 35 consecutive days around the Irish coast.

MARATHON MAN is an uplifting story of an extraordinary achievement - all the more inspiring given that the author was an inexperienced long-distance runner and only 20 when embarking on his mission to run 35 marathons in 35 consecutive days. Alan Corcoran's response to the shock of his dad's stroke, was to get active, create positive from negative and raise money for charity. Alan faced many obstacles along the road - beyond the sheer physical endurance challenge of running 1,500 kilometres around Ireland's coast. He candidly submerges the reader into his world with an endearingly light touch, showing how through sheer perseverance, you can achieve your objectives. Alan's Irish humour, positivity and pure determination shine through this new sports memoir. Whatever your challenge, this motivational book will show you that you can succeed.

Alan Corcoran is an Irish endurance adventure athlete. Competing as an Irish international track and field athlete as a juvenile, he switched to ultra-endurance at the age of 20, when his dad suffered a stroke. Alan has since fundraised 45,000 for stroke and cancer charities through his resilience challenges. Alan became the first person to run a lap of Ireland - 35 marathons in 35 consecutive days - and the first person to swim the length of Ireland - a 500-kilometre sea swim - on his second attempt. www.marathonman.co

Preface
Introduction
One: Family and Formative Years
Two: Adolescence
Three: College
Four: Reality Strikes
Five: Stubborn Persistence
Six: Ready to Rock
Seven: Running the North
Eight: Turning the Corner
Nine: The Long Home Straight
Ten: Cool Down and Reflections
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1 – Marathon Times
Appendix 2 – Impacts of a Stroke
Appendix 3 – References

Erscheinungsdatum	12.07.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	404 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Leichtathletik / Turnen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-8383650-0-1 / 1838365001
ISBN-13	978-1-8383650-0-4 / 9781838365004
Zustand	Neuware