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Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe
Becky Wade
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Description for Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe
Paperback. "An elite marathoner describes the year she spent running over 3,500 miles in nine different countries, living with host families and exploring diverse running communities and cultures all over the globe"--NoveList. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WSKC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia-9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running-investigating unique cultural approaches to the sport and revealing the secrets to the success of runners all over the world. Fresh off a successful collegiate running career-with multiple NCAA All-American honors and two Olympic Trials qualifying marks to her name-Becky Wade was no stranger to international competition. But after years spent safely sticking to the training methods she knew, Becky was curious about how her counterparts ... Read more
From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia-9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running-investigating unique cultural approaches to the sport and revealing the secrets to the success of runners all over the world. Fresh off a successful collegiate running career-with multiple NCAA All-American honors and two Olympic Trials qualifying marks to her name-Becky Wade was no stranger to international competition. But after years spent safely sticking to the training methods she knew, Becky was curious about how her counterparts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062416438
SKU
V9780062416438
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99-15
About Becky Wade
Becky Wade is a professional long-distance runner who competes for Asics. At Rice University she was a four-time All-American and the winner of the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award, Rice's highest athletic honor, and the Conference USA honoree for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Rice with a triple major in history, psychology, and ... Read more
Reviews for Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe
I started reading Becky Wade's story and I simply could not stop-her journey around the globe pulls you along like a great running trail with each turn promising something new and wonderful.
Tom Foreman, author of My Year of Running Dangerously In her incredible running journey, Becky Wade captures the beauty of the sport
chasing your goals, forming ... Read more
Tom Foreman, author of My Year of Running Dangerously In her incredible running journey, Becky Wade captures the beauty of the sport
chasing your goals, forming ... Read more