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Training for Ultra
- Ultra Running Stories from the Middle of the Pack
- Narrated by: Robert Steger
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
This book has a single purpose - to inspire you to run!
Through sharing a detailed account of my first three years of pursuing running from the middle to back of the pack, it will hopefully show you you are capable of much more than you may think. After my dad's major health scare, it was time for me to change everything. Little did I know how much I would learn after taking on some physical exercise.
A radical diet change allowed me to lose a forth of my body weight and it gave me boundless energy to get outside and explore.
It’s not clear to me why I chose running ultra marathons of all forms of exercise, since I was unable to run beyond one mile just a few years prior.
But since that fateful day, I’ve never looked back.
I was finding that sometimes the experiences of training for ultra could be just as rich and fulfilling as the ultra event itself.
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- RLS
- 25-04-20
Could not get past the intro
For a book that is meant to be inspirational I couldn't get past the first few minutes. The intro is basically the author reading quotes from others about how great he is! Returned the book almost immediately as I found it nauseating. I guess he was trying to establish credentials but there is simply no need.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-24
Amazing
Loved this book. The story is interesting and motivating. Will definitely relisten to this out on my long runs :)
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- Jan Bård Midtgård
- 12-06-23
Amazing story about running in the wilderness.
I love it. A good story and I look forward to the next book. Read it
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- Rob Steele
- 24-02-23
Terrible narrator.
I wished I could have listened to this story but I could not due to the narrator. Just awful. Everything about his voice just made me cringe.
I will have to get the Kindle version so at least I'll be able to understand what I'm saying.
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- Mark bayley
- 11-01-23
Beautifully inspiring book
Bad bits - The foreword and a couple of stumbles in narrating at the beginning.
Good bits - Inspiring, relatable story from a very passionate and humble individual, who genuinely wants to help others. The book focuses heavily on the running side, with some insight into the authors private life which I felt was a perfect balance, helping the reader understand the authors motivations for running, aswel as peppering the book with some good does and don'ts of running and sharing his hopes, dreams, doubts and fears. I really felt that I had been taken on a wonderful journey, in more ways than one.
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- Mr waugh
- 11-12-22
inspirational
really enjoyed it especially out on runs and walks picked me up a few times when I have fallen from the wagon
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- nigel banyard
- 16-10-22
amazing
very good book for learning what to and not to do . such a good listen
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- C. B. Walker
- 25-10-21
Amazing heartwarming journey.
The real journey, not just the distance travelled, or the time spent. But the physical and emotional journey of someone who literally finds themselves running. Thank you.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-09-21
Inspirational
love it, inspirational! Made me want to go for it on the ultrarunning trials myself!
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- Martin M.
- 20-07-21
inspirational
I've listened to a few ultrarunning books and this one is up there with the best of them. really interesting listening to the highs and lows of the authors journey to MOAB240
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