In It for the Long Run: A Decade with the Darkside Running Club - Softcover

Reseña del editor

Multiple races of marathon distance or greater in a month...or perhaps in a weekend. Several unsupported runs of 50 and 100 miles through the mountains and forests several times a year. Have you ever considered running through a desert, across a frozen tundra or over multiple mountain ranges? Why not run for three days straight to see how many miles you can accrue? Welcome to a place where no locale is too inhospitable and no distance impossible. Welcome...to the Darkside.

The Darkside Running Club, established in 2002 is a place where runners meet to express their love for distance running and camaraderie by spending countless hours and miles committed to doing what they enjoy most. They share a singular focus towards achieving goals far off in the distance, both literally and figuratively. With their dedication and commitment you may believe the Darksider to be a professional athlete, or perhaps an Olympian. But you would be wrong: they are simply ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the sport they love: running.

Highly competitive while never taking themselves too seriously, they strive to shave off minutes or perhaps hours while adding a mile or two...or twenty while pushing their limits further and further. The impossible becomes possible; dreams become reality. They won't take 'no' for an answer as they persevere to move beyond physical and emotional discomfort to finish what they started. Excuses don't exist. Their passion is contagious. So reader be warned: they're in it for the long run.

Biografía del autor

Scott Ludwig is the author of Running through My Mind: Confessions of an Every Day Runner; A Passion for Running: Portraits of the Every Day Runner; and A Few Degrees from Hell: The 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon. This book is his first joint project with Vanessa Stroud: he hopes there are more to come. As soon as Vanessa catches her breath, he'll be 'running' his ideas for future projects by her. Scott has run every day since November 30, 1978 and has accumulated 130,000 lifetime miles. Maybe it's Scott who needs to be catching his breath. Vanessa Stroud began running in early 2008 after being called off the couch by none other than the great I AM and life has never been the same. What began as a surprising and unexpected answer to prayer became an exercise in faith, a journey of discovery and a lifestyle of gratefulness for each day. Continually intrigued by other's amazing running adventures, she's striving to take in all the facets of the full running experience including mentoring runners with Team In Training, directing three annual trail races and co-authoring her first book.