Tag: marathon

  • Ultra Marathon Man by Dean Karnazes

    Ultra Marathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner By: Dean Karnazes “The cross-country guys hung out in late-night coffee shops and read books by Kafka and Kerouac. They rarely talked about running; it was just something they did.” “Disillusioned with the trappings of the corporate scene, the things that really mattered – friendship and exploration,…

  • Christopher McDougall: Are we born to run?

  • I will run the Leadville 100.

    For years since over-running my knees on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th of October, 2007 I’ve battled a maddening array of knee, leg, hip, and foot problems. In most cases, when people asked about my injuries, I just told them I had bad knees, because I knew they didn’t have the time and probably weren’t…