It is the world`s most iconic road race. It is twenty-six-point-two miles of iconic landmarks, cheers, tears, sweat, pain, courage, determination & inspiration. It is triumph over adversity on a colossal scale. It is the London Marathon
- & it`s an event unlike any other. Running The Smoke tells the story of what it`s like to take part in this race in the most enlightening & enriching way possible: from the perspectives of twenty-six different people who have participated in it since its inception in 1981. Candid & inspiring if you are preparing for your first marathon or your 100th, Running The Smoke will give you the encouragement, insight & belief you need to cross that line.
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Luxury collector`s hardback gift edition. An epic & heart-rending jungle adventure from the bestselling author of ` War Horse` & ` Born to Run`. For Will & his mother, going to Indonesia isn`t just a holiday. It`s an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them
- things like the death of Will`s father. & to begin with, it seems to be just what they both needed. But then Oona, the elephant Will is riding on the beach, begins acting strangely, shying away from the sea. & that`s when the tsunami comes crashing in, & Oona begins to run. Except that when the tsunami is gone, Oona just keeps on running. With nothing on his back but a shirt & nothing to sustain him but a bottle of water, Will must learn to survive deep in the jungle. Luckily, though, he`s not completely alone! He`s got Oona.
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” Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year”
- This is shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. After years of
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Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year. It is shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards. After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world`s biggest long-distance races, Runner`s World contributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover what it was that made them so fast
- & to see if he could keep up. Packing up his family, he moved to Iten, Kenya, the running capital of the world, & started investigating. Was it running barefoot to school, the food, the altitude, or something else? At the end of his journey he put his research to the test by running his first marathon, across the Kenyan plains. This edition

Includes:: a new chapter covering the 2012 Olympics.


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Jonny Bealby was devastated when his fiancee Melanie died unexpectedly while they were travelling in Kashmir. Two years later, still heartbroken & utterly disillusioned, he took on the challenge of a lifetime. Setting out with only his motorbike for company, he began a daring & dangerous journey around the African continent in a desperate attempt to unearth some meaning in his life. Bittersweet, bold & beautifully told, Running with the Moon is a tale of true love & loss, of exploration, adventure & courage. ...

Running: Cheaper than Therapy is a witty & expertly compiled compendium of running wisdom & humour. From a short jog that lifts your mood to the closing stages of a marathon when you feel physically exhausted butemotionally invincible all at once, running delivers every time. Running: Cheaper Than Therapy is a celebration of the pastime that always makes you feel better. Covering every aspect of running life from jogging etiquette & the things we both love/hate about it, through to the weirdestand wonderful marathons around the world. Also included are the funniest spectator signs ever, cool advice that could improve your PB & brilliantly insightful running philosophies. Complete with guest contributions from parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt, political strategist Alastair Campbell, Olympian Liz Yelling & comedian David Baddiel, this brilliantly knowing compendium will be appreciated byjoggers, triathletes & runners who know the joy of putting on a pair of trainers & getting out there. ...

Running`s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird & wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today`s high-tech, apped-up approach. Within these pages you`ll find the bizarre story of the Norwegian footballer forced to miss a crucial World Cup qualifier after colliding with a moose on his morning jog, the American ultra-marathoner who had all his toenails removed to improve his running, & why some runners at the 2015 Tokyo marathon were wearing GPS-enabled, edible bananas, complete with LEDs & incoming Twitter updates. Packed with tales that are so odd you`ll hardly believe them, this book makes the perfect gift for all running enthusiasts, from the seasoned marathoner to the park jogger, & those who only ever run a bath. Word count: 45, 000 ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Rudolf Rassendyll, having heroically saved the kingdom of Ruritania & nobly given up the hand of the beautiful Princess Flavia, has returned to his normal life in Engl&. But when, three years later, Flavia, now the unhappily married Queen of Ruritania, sends him a love letter, it is stolen by the exiled villain Rupert Hentzau. Rudolf`s former adversary has been waiting for the chance to have his revenge, & this provides the perfect opportunity to stir up trouble. Rudolf must return to the troubled kingdom to defeat Hentzau, where he is embroiled once more in a world of deception, intrigue, deadly swordfights & torn loyalties. With the stakes higher than ever, will he pay the ultimate price? ...