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Two Hours: The Quest To Run The Impossible Marathon
WINNER OF THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2016Two Hours by Ed Caesar - the quest to run the impossible marathon by the acclaimed writer with inside access to Nike's Breaking2 project'The marathon tethers runners to their own personal narratives It is a question of how you grow Nothing but your own body will sustain you; everything you have done in your life until the moment you cross the finishing line is connected to the effort'Two hours to cover 26 miles and 385 yards It is running's Everest a feat once seen as impossible for the human body But now we can glimpse the mountain-topThe sub-two hour marathon will require an exceptional feat of speed mental strength and endurance The pioneer will have to endure more live braver plan better and be luckier than his
forbearers So who is he?In this spellbinding book Ed Caesar takes us into the world of the elite of the elite the greatest marathoners on earth Through the stories of these rich characters and their troubled lives he traces the history of the marathon as well as the science physiology and psychology involved in running so fast for so long And he shows us why this most democratic of races retains its savage enthralling appeal - why we are drawn to test ourselves to the limit'Ed Caesar's treatment of the near-mythical two-hour marathon is both implacably scientific and wonderfully reverential As a former marathoner I deeply appreciate both The prose hums along effortlessly and the topic is one of the most profound there is the absolute limits of human performance Reading a book that combines
those two things is one of the great pleasures in life'Sebastian Junger author of The Perfect Storm'I didn't think any book could make me interested in marathon running Two Hours did that and much more Ed Caesar's in depth reporting explores one of sport's ultimate questions is there a final human boundary and if so where? A terrific book elegant engaging and rewarding' Ed Smith former England cricketer and author of Luck
forbearers So who is he?In this spellbinding book Ed Caesar takes us into the world of the elite of the elite the greatest marathoners on earth Through the stories of these rich characters and their troubled lives he traces the history of the marathon as well as the science physiology and psychology involved in running so fast for so long And he shows us why this most democratic of races retains its savage enthralling appeal - why we are drawn to test ourselves to the limit'Ed Caesar's treatment of the near-mythical two-hour marathon is both implacably scientific and wonderfully reverential As a former marathoner I deeply appreciate both The prose hums along effortlessly and the topic is one of the most profound there is the absolute limits of human performance Reading a book that combines
those two things is one of the great pleasures in life'Sebastian Junger author of The Perfect Storm'I didn't think any book could make me interested in marathon running Two Hours did that and much more Ed Caesar's in depth reporting explores one of sport's ultimate questions is there a final human boundary and if so where? A terrific book elegant engaging and rewarding' Ed Smith former England cricketer and author of Luck
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