Personal record : a love affair with running /

Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Personal Record, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner's life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, the watc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Toor, Rachel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Marathon running.
Women runners.
Marathon running > Training.
Coureuses.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Track & Field.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The body
  • Reasons not to run
  • The routes
  • One runner's beginnings
  • The closet
  • The coach
  • The magazine rack
  • Ride and ties
  • Weekend mornings
  • The first marathon
  • Speed goggles
  • The fast young man
  • Boston
  • Becoming a marathoner
  • Racing
  • The western state
  • Injuries
  • Ultras
  • The watch
  • The coach
  • The fuel
  • On the road
  • The hospital
  • Pacing
  • The break up
  • The curtain rod
  • Getting to the finish.

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