Running the Seven Continents
Subtitle: Tales of Travel and the Marathon
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Inkwater Press
Published: December 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781592992379
Subjects: Nonfiction; Running & Jogging; Sports & Recreation; Sports
First sentence: For most of eternity, the waves journey across the stones. Once in a while, it's time for a stone to travel over the waves. ("Summer At The End Of The World")
Description: Seven beautifully written journeys, runs at the ends of history, culture, and the planet
Table of contents: title: Prologue   -- 1. Eat Here Or We’ll Both Starve  (Yukon River Trail Marathon, Yukon Territory)  --  2. Like A Guest  (Lake Kawaguchi International Marathon, Japan)  --  3. One Fly Crawling Up A Window  (Victoria State Championship Marathon, Australia)  --  4. Summer At The End Of The World  (The “Last” Marathon, Antarctica)  --  5. When Oceans Meet  (Two Oceans Ultramarathon, Cape Town, South Africa)  --  6. The Iron Storm  (Athens Classic Marathon, Marathon to Athens, Greece)  --  7. Heads Up, For Now  (Florianopolis Marathon,  Brazil)   --  Epilogue  (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)