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The Way of the Runner

Written by: Adharanand Finn
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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A journey into Japan's fabled running culture from the award-winning author of Running with the Kenyans.

Welcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, a place where a 135-mile relay race is the country's biggest annual sporting event. Thousands of professional runners compete for corporate teams in some of the most competitive races in the world. Marathon monks run a thousand marathons in a thousand days to reach spiritual enlightenment.

Adharanand Finn spent six months immersed in this unique running culture to discover what it might teach us about the sport and about Japan. As an amateur runner about to turn 40, he also hoped to find out whether the Japanese approach to training might help him run faster. What he learned - about competition, teamwork, form, chasing personal bests and himself - will fascinate anyone keen to explore why we run and how we might do it better.

©2015 Adharanand Finn (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Running & Jogging

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book is as fascinating as Japan and running

Another great facet of running. A slow but long distance running, endurance is what you need and endurance is what you get. A country that respects the hard work and team spirit and goes far beyond the marathon distances, ignores it's sprinters, gives them no stardom. A country that watches distance running over their national television during prime time..
for them, it's always above and beyond the physical endurance, it's about spiritual enlightenment. It's a country where the most respected monks run a thousand marathons in thousand days.
Overall the book is as good as the earlier one 'running with kenyans'. I simply loved it.

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