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The Coolest Race on Earth

<DIV><DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">What would induce hundreds of people from all over the world to spend thousands of dollars each and two weeks of their lives just to run a marathon in Antarctica? Especially one with a reputation as the toughest marathon on Earth?</p><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">            John Hanc may have the answer. When he turned 50 he gave himself the birthday present to end all others--a trip to the end of the Earth to run his most unforgettable race.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>            The Coolest Race on Earth </I>is both Hanc's story and the story of the Antarctica Marathon, first held in 1995 and now an annual event that sells out years in advance. It's full of humor, adventure, and inspiring characters--including a wheelchair-bound competitor, three record-breaking grandmothers, and an ex-Marine who described the race as ?the hardest thing I ever did in my life, next to Vietnam.”</p><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">            Muddy, cold, hilly, the race is by all accounts horrible--up and down a melting glacier twice, past curious penguins and hostile skuas, and finally to a bleak finish line. Even the best runners take longer to run the Antarctica Marathon than any other.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">            Yet the allure of marathon running combined with the fascinating reputation of the Last Continent has persuaded runners to brave a trip across the world's most turbulent body of water, the Drake Passage, to a land of extinct volcanoes and craggy mountain peaks, lost explorers and isolated scientists, penguin rookeries and whale sightings, all for a chance to run those crazy 26.2 miles. <I>The Coolest Race on Earth </I>brings the world's most difficult marathon to life in a book that's not only a ripping read, but also a deeply funny meditation on what makes people run.</P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
 

  Autore: Hanc John  
  Editore: Chicago Review Pr  
  Isbn: 1556527381  
  EAN : 9781556527388  
  Data pub. 01 JAN 09  
  Collana: Chicago Review Pr (Hardcover)  
  Classificazione:SPORTS and RECREATION  
  Pagine: 216  
  Prezzo: € 20,50  







 
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