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Welcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, where: a long-distance relay race is the country's biggest annual sporting event; companies sponsor their own running teams, paying the athletes like employees; and marathon monks run a thousand marathons in a thousand days to reach spiritual enlightenment. Adharanand Finn - award-winning author of Running with the Kenyans - moved to Japan to discover more about this unique running culture and what it might teach us about the sport and about Japan. As an amateur runner about to turn forty, he also hoped find out whether the Japanese approach to training might help him keep improving. What he learned - about competition, about team work, about beating your personal bests, about form and about himself - will fascinate anyone who is keen to explore why we run, and how we might do it better.Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber
ISBN-139780571303175
eBay Product ID (ePID)222961021
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Way of the Runner: a Journey Into the Obsessive World of Japanese Running
AuthorAdharanand Finn
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width130mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAdharanand Finn
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom