“Extreme Running”
November 29th, 2007 by ScottI recently received a copy of a new book featuring select endurance running events on all seven continents. “Extreme Running” is beautiful. The photography says plenty on its own. From the top of the world to the bottom, it captures the “extremes” in foot races- from the hottest to the coldest, the wettest to the driest, the highest to the lowest. Beauty everywhere. In addition, authors Kym McConnell and Dave Horsley capture the human spirit through the athletes’ experiences.
As well as making for a great coffee table book, it’s a way to travel from the living room, gaining inspiration to explore new environments and cultures, something I value greatly. When we travel and race in “extremes,” we explore inward, the ultimate journey.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Just bought it! It will make a great gift.
October 13th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Scott, I was a budding ultrarunner around 2000 and stopped due to a work related back injury. I went from a basic veggie eating long runner doing local races like the Mt. Baldy 50k (hard) and the OTHTC 50 in Ridgecrest. I had my sights set on the Wasatch Front 100 one day.
When this came to a crash, I everntually went back to couch potato status, but always felt like a runne mentally, it never left me. After reading some of this, it has reignited a passion to try again. My biggest hurdle has been fear that my body can no longer keep up.
I will have to give this a slow steady try again.
Glad I found this blogsite.
Jim – Tehachapi, CA