Nearly 10 years after its first publication, Aurum are re-issuing this classic running book which has defined a genre. It includes an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and an epilogue from Richard Askwith. The concept of fell-running is simple: it's a sport that involves running over mountains - sometimes one, sometimes many., It's also immensely demanding. While running uphill is a stamina-sapping slog, running pell-mell down the other side requires the agility - and even recklessness - of a mountain goat. And there's the weather to contend with., It may make the sports pages only rarely, but in areas like the Lake District and Snowdonia fell-running is the basis of a whole culture - indeed, race organisers sometimes have to turn competitors away so that fragile mountain uplands are not irrevocably damaged by too many thundering feet. Fixtures like the annual Ben Nevis and Snowdon races attract runners from all over Britain, and beyond. Others, such as the Wasdale and Ennerdale fell runs in the Lakeland valleys - gruelling marathons of more than 20 miles - remain truly local events for which the whole community turns out, with many of the runners back on the same fells the next day tending sheep., Now, Richard Askwith explores the world of fell-running in the only legitimate way: by donning his Ron Hill vest and studded shoes to spend a season running as many of the great fell races as he can, from Borrowdale to Ben Nevis: an arduous schedule that tests the very limits of one's stamina and courage. Over the months he also meets the greats of fell-running - like the remarkable Joss Naylor, who to celebrate his fiftieth birthday ran all 214 major Lakeland fells in a single week; Billy Bland, the combative Borrowdale man whose astounding records still stand for many of the top races; and Bill Teasdale, a hero of the sport's earlier, professional days, whom he tracks down to his tiny cottage in the northern Lakes. And ultimately Askwith's obses
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'A beautifully written, potted history of fell-running and famouse fell-runners. Definitely worth a peep!'
(Country Walking)'Imagine how strange it feels not only to have read a book about fell-running, but to have enjoyed it so much that I am now contemplating trying the sport myself...a lovely little book'. Annalisa Barbieri, New Statesman
(Annalisa Barbieri New Statesman)‘A minor masterpiece.’ Sports Book of the Week
(Frank Graham The Sunday Times)‘A rousingly readable chronicle... The book wants for nothing in terms of rhythm and drama and tug.’
(Christopher Bray The Sunday Times)‘Sports book of the season - a terrific story of fell-running and obsession.’
(Blake Morrison Guardian)‘[An] excellent book.’
(James Eve The Times)‘One of the most effervescent books about anything - never mind fell-running - that I have ever read.’
(Dave Jones Fellrunner)'From the birthplace of trail running, comes the tales of what it means to follow the path. The pure essence of trail running, infectious and captivating. Askwith will motivate you to climb a hill and scream down it, mud, stones and all!' (SCOTT JUREK, international best selling author of Eat and Run)
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Softcover. Condición: Good. PB Reissue. When it was first published, in 2004, <i>Feet in the Clouds</i> was scarcely noticed outside the world of fell-running - an esoteric sport largely confined to the north of Britain - and was even sold out of the back of a van at fell races. But, as more and more people have discovered the joys of distance running and outdoor adventure, it has been recognised as a classic exploration of an extreme sport acclaimed by runners, mountaineers, hikers and adventure sports enthusiasts.<br /><br />Richard Askwith's journey takes him into a world of forbidding rockscapes, horizontal rain, fear, exhaustion and stunning natural beauty, as well as his own attempt at one of the purest and toughest challanges imaginable: the Bob Graham Round, the sport's traditional test of 42 Lake District peaks in 24 hours.<br /><br />Along the way, he encounters some of the most prodigious - and unsung - athletes Britain has ever produced, such as Joss Naylor, who covered the equivalent of four Everests in a single run. Gripping, funny and moving, this is a story that any aspiring runner, endurance athlete or mountain-lover will understand well: of extremity, heroism and the experience of a lifetime. Nº de ref. del artículo: SONG1781310564
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