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The Way of the Runner

Englisch · Taschenbuch

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It may come as a surprise to many people, but Japan is the most running-obsessed country on earth. A 135-mile relay race, or "ekiden," is the country's biggest annual sporting event. Thousands of professional runners compete for corporate teams in some of the most competitive races in the world. The legendary "marathon monks" run a thousand marathons in a thousand days to reach spiritual enlightenment.
Yet so much of Japan's running culture remains a mystery to the outside world, on par with many of the unique aspects of contemporary Japan. Adharanand Finn, the award-winning author of Running with the Kenyans, spent six months immersed in this one-of-a-kind running culture to discover what it might teach us about the sport and about Japan.

As an amateur runner about to turn 40, he also hoped to find out whether a Japanese approach to training might help him run faster. What he learns-about competition, team work, form, chasing personal bests, and about himself-will fascinate and surprise anyone keen to explore why we run and how we might do it better.


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Adharanand Finn is the author of Running With the Kenyans, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book Award. He is an editor at the Guardian and a freelance journalist. He currently competes with the Torbay Athletic Club in Devon, U.K., where he lives with his family. Follow him on Twitter at @adharanand.

Produktdetails

Autoren Adharanand Finn
Verlag Pegasus Books
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Taschenbuch
Erschienen 31.07.2017
 
EAN 9781681774398
ISBN 978-1-68177-439-8
Seiten 336
Gewicht 290 g
Thema Ratgeber > Sport > Leichtathletik, Turnen

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