50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance! | 
 enlarge | Creators: Dean Karnazes, Matt Fitzgerald
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 733040
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 5
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 160024274X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.4252
EAN: 9781600242748
ASIN: 160024274X
Publication Date: August 18, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Product Description
In the Fall of 2006, Dean Karnazes, known as the "Lance Armstrong of the running world," took on the ultimate challenge: running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. Dean set off in a caravan packed with fellow runners, with nothing more than a roadmap and a determination that defied all physical limitations.
50/50 goes beyond the incredible story of these 50 marathons. It is a firsthand, fascinating story of what it's like to push the limits of strength under grueling conditions -- and how Dean Karnazes pulled off the extraordinary.
This audiobook is also packed with Dean's secrets that runners everywhere will want to know. These include what to do when you hit a wall, how to adapt quickly to drastic terrain, how to get motivated after a really tough day, and the best diet and exercise tips to improve your own best time. Complete with Dean's practical tips on building endurance, this audiobook will appeal to marathon runners and athletes everywhere, as well as to listeners who crave an inspiring story of incredible accomplishment.
"(He) makes the extraordinary look easy." --GQ
"The indefatigable man." --Esquire
"One of the sexiest men in sports." --Sports Illustrated Women
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Super "Average" August 18, 2008
I wrote a quick review on another site. To make it short, this book will not disappoint. Whether you're an Athlete, Student, or Entrepreneur, you will find something between the covers for yourself. Just as good as the 50/50 Marathon Documentary (can't wait for the DVD) and makes a great companion to it, offering additional insights in diet, training and overall great advice. Get a copy for yourself and a few to give away as gifts. As a fitness coach, I have given some of my clients a copy of this book.
Fascinating read about the Endurance 50 Challenge August 5, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed Ultramarathon man, so when I heard he was writing another book about his Endurance 50 Challenge I couldn't wait. Karnazes account of his experience running 50 marathons in 50 states has some very good information in it. He, of course, went over the running he'd done to that point, as well the type of running that he had wanted to do, which led to the Endurance 50 challenge. This was right up my alley because I have become a huge fan of running as many marathons as possible. My body tends to recover easily so the urge to run more often has only grown with time.
So it amazes me to follow Karnazes trek from state to state with a marathon every day. He offers some gems of knowledge on various aspects, such as eating, hydration, recovery, pacing, conditions and on and on. With 50 marathons in a row there is plenty of fuel for the fire.
For the most part the chapters correspond to some aspect of running and how it related to that day's marathon, or sometimes two to three marathons a chapter. As would be expected, this couldn't go on for every chapter. Some chapters would reference that days marathon and the chapter would not mention more than a sentence or two, sometimes none, of the actual marathon, instead going off on a tangent about something entirely different.
What was amazing was to find in the appendix a doctor's evaluation of Karnazes' health from running all 50 marathons, and came to the basic conclusion that running that many all in a row had no adverse effects and that he indeed seemed to be getting stronger as each marathon went on. In fact his last of the 50 marathons in New York was his fastest, coming in at a little bit after 3 hours!
I whole heartedly recommend all runner's to get a hold of a copy and read this extraordinary account. Fascinating read.
5 stars.
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