North
Subtitle: finding my way while running the Appalachian Trail
By: Scott Jurek with Jenny Jurek
Contributors: Jurek, Jenny, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780316433792
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Long-distance runners; Biography
Description: An expert ultrarunner describes how he set out to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail, a 2,189 mile journey that took an unforeseen physical and emotional toll, but also offered him unexpected rewards.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Give and take; title: Deep South; title: Live what you love; title: Wabi Sabi masterpiece; title: This is who I am, this is what I do; title: Never bet against the champ; title: Virginia; title: It never always gets worse; title: Southern hospitality; title: Nickels and dimes; title: Mid-Atlantic; title: Rocksylvania; title: Running through the sticks with my woes; title: New England; title: Nasty; title: Vermud; title: Special forces; title: Maine; title: Dancing with the genie; title: The hundred-mile nightmare; title: Down to the wire; title: The greatest mountain; title: Epilogue.