Runner’s High by Dean Karnazes

Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits, from running in theshoe-melting heat of Death Valley to the lung-freezing cold of the South Pole. He’s raced andcompeted across the globe and once ran 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 consecutive days.

In A Runner’s High, Karnazes chronicles his return to the Western States 100-Mile EnduranceRun in his mid-fifties after first completing the race decades ago. The Western States, infamousfor its rugged terrain and extreme temperatures, becomes the most demanding competition ofhis life, a physical and emotional reckoning and a battle to stay true to one’s purpose.Confronting his age, wearying body, career path and life choices, we see Karnazes as we neverhave before, raw and exposed. A Runner’s High is both an endorphin-fuelled page-turner and alove letter to the sport from one of its most celebrated ambassadors.

The iconic superhuman endurance runner embarks on his toughest challenge yet – the Western States 100-offering insights into why running is so challenging and rewarding.

About the Author: Dean Karnazes is a two-time New York Times bestselling author and an icon in the running world. TIME magazine named Karnazes one of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World.’ An internationally acclaimed endurance athlete, he is the winner of an ESPN ESPY, a three-time winner of Competitor magazine’s Endurance Sports Athlete of the Year award and the recipient of the President’s Council on Sports Fitness & Nutrition Lifetime Achievement award. And to boot, he’s run around the world naked (true story!) He lives in San Francisco.

07 Apr 2022
 

A Runner’s High: Older, Wiser, Slower, Stronger by Dean Karnazes ISBN 9781838953843