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008			120430s2012 nyu b 000 0 eng
010			_a2012017075
019			_a813136487
020			_a1615190635 (pbk.)
020			_a1615191615 (ebook)
020			_a9781615190638 (pbk.)
020			_a9781615191611 (ebook)
035			_a(OCoLC)781675854 _z(OCoLC)813136487
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBTCTA _dBDX _dVP@ _dIEB _dIEP _dNQB _dNFG
042			_apcc
049			_aNFCA
092			_a796.4252 _bA985
100	1		_aAyres, Ed. _9218523
245	1	4	_aThe longest race : _ba lifelong runner, an iconic ultramarathon, and the case for human endurance / _cEd Ayres.
260			_aNew York : _bExperiment, _cc2012.
300			_a241 p. : _bmap ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aBoonsboro, dawn -- South Mountain -- Appalachian Trail -- Weverton Cliff -- Keep Tryst road -- Towpath -- Antietam aqueduct -- Killiansburg Cave -- Snyder's Landing -- A boiled-potato miracle -- Taylor's Landing -- Dam number 4 -- Country road -- Williamsport -- Late afternoon.
520			_a"Among endurance runners, there are those who have run very long distances, and then there are those who have run very long distances for a very long time. Ed Ayres exemplifies the latter; having run in over 600 races across fifty-five years, he is arguably the most experienced American distance runner still competing today. 'The Longest Race' begins at the starting line of the 2001 JFK 50 Mile--the nation's oldest and largest ultramarathon and, like other such races, an epic test of human limits and aspiration. At age sixty, his sights set on breaking the age-division record, Ayres embarks on a course over the rocky ridge of the Appalachian Trail, along the headwind-buffeted towpath of the Potomac River, and past momentous Civil War sites such as Harpers Ferry and Antietam. But even as Ayres focuses on concerns familiar to every endurance runner--starting strong and setting the right pace, the art of breathing, overcoming fatigue, mindfulness for the course ahead--he finds himself as preoccupied with the future of our planet as with the finish line of this 50-mile race. A veteran journalist and environmental editor who harbors deep anxiety about our longterm prospects, Ayres helps us to understand how the skills and mindset necessary to complete an ultramarathon are also essential for grappling anew with the imperative to endure--not only as individuals, but as a society--and not just for 50 miles, but in the longest race we are all called upon to run."--From publisher description.
650		0	_aMarathon running. _9117341
942			_cBOOK _010
994			_aC0 _bNFG
998			_a007239301
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