The Road to Sparta

Name: The Road to Sparta
Author: Dean Karnazes

Running in the Footsteps of the Original Ultramarathon Man

Dean Karnazes

Sport & Fitness

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In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greate

In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in history.Dean Karnazes honours this achievement and his own Greek heritage by attempting this ancient journey in modern times. His account of running the gruelling Spartathlon, fuelled only by the figs, olives and meats available to Pheidippides, will captivate even the most sedentary readers.

Über Dean Karnazes

Dean Karnazes might just be the fittest man in the world, wrote Men's Fitness in 2006. An internationally recognized endurance athlete, Dean's first book, Ultramarathon Man was a New York Times bestseller. Dean has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity through his running and sports career, and recently started his own foundation, Karno Kids.

Verlag:

Allen & Unwin

Veröffentlicht:

2017

Druckseiten:

ca. 248

Sprache:

English

Medientyp:

eBook