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Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature
Richard Askwith
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Description for Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature
Paperback. Part diary of a year running through the Northamptonshire countryside, part exploration of why we love to run without limits, this book is an account of running in a forgotten, rural way, observing wildlife and celebrating the joys of nature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright prize for nature writing
Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy kit and racking up extreme challenges, he looked for ways to liberate himself. His solution: running through muddy fields and up rocky fells, running with his dog at dawn, running because he's being (voluntarily) chased by a pack of bloodhounds, running to get hopelessly, enjoyably lost, running fast for the sheer thrill of it. Running as nature intended.
Part diary of a year running through the Northamptonshire countryside, part exploration ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yellow Jersey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224091978
SKU
V9780224091978
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Ref
99-98
About Richard Askwith
Richard Askwith has been a journalist for over 40 years. He has written six previous books, including his modern classic on fell running, Feet in the Clouds, which won the Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards and was shortlisted for the William Hill and Boardman Tasker prizes, and he is now one of the UK's most ... Read more
Reviews for Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature
A joyous, eloquent and lyrical account of one man's lifelong love affair with running... Running Free is simply the prod you need to make you step off the pavement and into the wild
Martin Love
Guardian
Exhilarating
Iain Finlayson
The Times
A much needed breath of fresh air
Alexandra Heminsley
Independent
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Martin Love
Guardian
Exhilarating
Iain Finlayson
The Times
A much needed breath of fresh air
Alexandra Heminsley
Independent
... Read more