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Book

The longest race : a lifelong runner, an iconic ultramarathon, and the case for human endurance

Author

Ed Ayres

Call Number

  • 796.4252 A977 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : The Experiment, c2012.

Physical Description

241 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Summary

Among endurance runners, there are those who have run very long distances, and then there are those who have run very long distances for a very long time. Ed Ayres exemplifies the latter; having run in over 600 races across fifty-five years, he is arguably the most experienced American distance runner still competing today. A veteran journalist and environmental editor who harbors deep anxiety about our longterm prospects, Ayres helps us to understand how the skills and mindset necessary to complete an ultramarathon are also essential for grappling anew with the imperative to endure--not only as individuals, but as a society--and not just for 50 miles, but in the longest race we are all called upon to run.

Contents

  • Boonsboro, dawn
  • South Mountain
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Weverton Cliff
  • Keep Tryst road
  • Towpath
  • Antietam aqueduct
  • Killiansburg Cave
  • Snyder's Landing
  • A boiled-potato miracle
  • Taylor's Landing
  • Dam number 4
  • Country road
  • Williamsport
  • Late afternoon.

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