John Sisler

Category: Running

  • Run!

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    Great book that has contributions from Dean and some of his closest friends.

    In his follow-up to the best-selling Ultra-Marathon Man, world-renowned ultra marathoner Dean Karnazes chronicles his unbelievable exploits and explorations in gripping detail; Karnazes runs for days on end without rest, across some of the most exotic and inhospitable places on earth, including the Australian Outback, Antarctica, and the back alleys of New Jersey.

    From the downright hilarious to the truly profound, the stories in Run! provide readers with the ultimate escape and offer a rare glimpse into the mindset and motivation of an extreme athlete, one who has, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Not only pushed the envelope but blasted it to bits.”

    Karnazes addresses pain and perseverance, and he also charts the emotional as he pushes to the edges of human achievement. The tales of the friendships he’s cultivated on his many adventures around the world warm the heart, and are sure to captivate and inspire readers whether they run great distances, modest distances, or not at all.

  • Eat and Run

    Scott Jurek’s book Eat and Run was a great read and shares a lot of Scott’s upbringing and it’s influence, as well as alternating chapters with plant based recipes.

    While many of us sit behind a desk for eight or nine hours a day, Scott Jurek is running. A legend among hard-core runners, Jurek has fashioned a lucrative career as an ultramarathoner. He runs–and wins–grueling races in excess of 100 miles in a wide array of usually inhospitable environments: Death Valley, the Sierra Nevada mountains, Mexico’s Copper Canyon. And he does it on a completely plant-based diet. In Eat and Run, Jurek tells the story of how an average Midwestern kid growing up on meat he caught or killed himself became a vegan elite athlete. The most inspiring proposal in this book–part memoir, part training guide, part vegan manifesto–is that running, like so many things in life, depends less on physical skill than on willpower. Runners of all levels, meat eaters, and vegans alike will be inspired to lace up their sneaks and hit the trails. —Juliet Disparte

    “In pursuing the mental side of endurance, Jurek uncovers the most important secrets any runner can learn.”—Amby Burfoot, author of The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life

    For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force—and darling—in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. Until recently he held the American 24-hour record and he was one of the elite runners profiled in the runaway bestseller Born to Run.

    In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as a champion athlete with a plant-based diet and inspires runners at every level. From his Midwestern childhood hunting, fishing, and cooking for his meat-and-potatoes family to his slow transition to ultrarunning and veganism, Scott’s story shows the power of an iron will and blows apart the stereotypes of what athletes should eat to fuel optimal performance. Full of stories of competition as well as science and practical advice—including his own recipes—Eat and Run will motivate readers and expand their food horizons.

    “Jurek’s story and ideas should easily manage to speak to and cheer on anyone seeking to live life as fully as possible.”—Denver Post

    “A shockingly honest, revealing, and inspiring memoir.”—Trail Runner

  • Relentless Forward Progress

    This is the first (and only) book I have found that stands as a complete guide to accomplishing an ultra… provided that you have opened your mind to the possibility.

  • 50/50

    This book follows Dean Karnazes through his journey to complete 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states.

  • Ultramarathon Man

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    A personal favorite that inspired me to run my first 100 miler.

    Description from Reed Business Information:
    Many would see running a marathon as the pinnacle of their athletic career; thrill-seeker Karnazes didn’t just run a marathon, he ran the first marathon held at the South Pole. The conditions were extreme—”breathing the superchilled air directly [without a mask] could freeze your trachea”—yet he craved more. Also on his résumé: completing the Western States 100-mile endurance run and the Badwater 135-mile ultramarathon through Death Valley (which he won), as well as a 199-mile relay race… with only himself on his team. This running memoir (written without a coauthor) paints the picture of an insanely dedicated—some may say just plain insane—athlete. In high school, Karnazes ran cross-country track, but when his favorite coach retired, he quit the sport. Fifteen years later, on his 30th birthday (in 1992), on the verge of an early midlife crisis, he threw on his old shoes and ran 30 miles on a whim. The invigorating feeling compelled him to pursue the world of ultramarathons (any run longer than 26.2 miles). “Never,” Karnazes writes, “are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in.” Yet his masochism is a reader’s pleasure, and Karnazes’s book is intriguing. Casual runners will find inspiration in Karnazes’s determination; nonathletes will have the evidence once and for all that runners are indeed a strange breed.
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