This book was suggested by one of our members. Please feel free to post your comments about it. I'll post mine later on in the month. It may be a great book to add to your list of "mental prep tools".

Don't forget: At the end of the month, my copy of the BOM (with all his highlights) is always available free of charge to the first member who requests it.

Lucie

Amazon.com
Ultra-marathoner Dean Karnazes claims "There is magic in misery." While it would be easy to write off his habit of running for 100 miles at a time—or longer—as mere masochism, it's impossible to not admire his tenacity in pushing his body to reach one extreme goal after another. Sure, it's gory to read about how he lost one of his big toenails from shoe friction during the Western States Endurance Run. But what registers more is that here's a guy competing in an event that includes 38,000 feet of elevation change--the equivalent of scaling the Empire State Building 30 times.

Despite his considerable athleticism, "Karno" argues that the first half of any race is run with one's body, and the second half with the mind. Without delving into excessively touchy-feely territory, he explores "the possibilities of self" as he completes an ultra-marathon in 120-degree heat in Death Valley, and later the first-ever marathon at the South Pole. It's an odd combination: a California surfer dude contemplating how, as Socrates said, "Suffering leads to wisdom." But Karnazes's self-motivation is utterly intriguing, and it's impossible to read this memoir without wanting to go out and run a marathon yourself.
Erica Jorgensen --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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I've admired Karnazes for a while now, but this is the first of his book. I'm definitely going to have to get a copy of this.

Great book. If you haven't read it, definitely don't miss out.

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Originally posted by Mike Meyer:
Great book. If you haven't read it, definitely don't miss out.

Mike,

please post some of the excerpts that can speak to the guys.

Thanks, Lucie

quote:

Originally posted by Lucie Piché-Cantin:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Meyer:
Great book. If you haven't read it, definitely don't miss out.

Mike,

please post some of the excerpts that can speak to the guys.

Thanks, Lucie

I've actually loaned out my copy to someone, what I most like about this book is that this was just a regular guy with a day job that one day decided to change his life. The story of his first silver states 100 alone, is epic.

There are plenty of lighter moments be it going through a drive through on foot or ordering a pizza to an intersection three miles ahead. Even if I wasn't interested in fitness this book would have been a page turner. I'm sure the other guys on here who have read it will agree.