{"product_id":"the-lure-of-long-distances-robin-harvie-9781610390200","title":"The Lure of Long Distances: Why We Run","description":"Robin Harvie was a fairly ordinary runner. He ran his first marathon after a bet. Then he found that although he couldn't run fast, he could run long distances -- very long. A casual hobby turned into a 120-miles-a-week obsession, and a training route along the River Thames morphed into a promise to himself that he would tackle the oldest and toughest footrace on earth: the Spartathlon from Athens to Sparta. This race, a recreation of Pheidippides's legendary journey, is 150 miles long, crosses two mountain ranges, and is the toughest race on the ultradistance runner's calendar. It isn't at all ordinary. Harvie's experience -- from the mundanity of daily training routes to the extreme tests of the desert's scorching heat and the darkest hours of the night -- reveals the profoundly intoxicating experience of running, and the ways in which every mile taken is both a step further into the unknown and a pace deeper into the self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Harvie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1610390202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610390200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.85w x 0.99d","brand":"Robin Harvie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938769567999,"sku":"9781610390200","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d95d82cc-06c9-4293-a0d4-477dcf86adc7.jpg?v=1681437616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lure-of-long-distances-robin-harvie-9781610390200","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}