{"product_id":"the-unforgiving-hours-shannon-hogan-9781646047796","title":"The Unforgiving Hours: The Grit, Resilience, and Perseverance at the Heart of Endurance Sports","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eBorn to Run \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEndure, \u003c\/i\u003eathlete and journalist Shannon Hogan brings to life the inspiring stories of athletes who have pushed themselves through the \"unforgiving hours\" to achieve endurance sports greatness and redefine modern outdoor adventuring.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow far can you go? What is your limit? Are competing in an ultramarathon at age 70, sailing from Washington State to Alaska without a motor, swimming the English Channel at age 15, and running the Boston Marathon in reverse and then turning around to race it conventionally really terrible ideas? In \u003ci\u003eThe Unforgiving Hours, \u003c\/i\u003e Shannon Hogan dives into the world of endurance sports by taking us on the journeys of unheralded athletes tackling extraordinary quests in creative ways, proving what is possible and attesting to the patient drive, mettle, adaptability, passion, humor, and grit that exists in all of us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through the stories of improbable athletic challenges--some well-known and some only passed around watering holes and campfires--Hogan brings to life tales of indomitable outdoorspeople who quietly \"go long,\" and allows us to experience amazing feats of human endurance. Some of the adventurers you'll meet in the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Unforgiving Hours \u003c\/i\u003einclude: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLynne Cox breaking the record for swimming across the English Channel at age 15\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJeanne Goussev, along with teammate Kelly Danielson, leading the first all-woman sailing team to win the Race to Alaska\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYuichiro Hidaka dreaming of eating potato chips while running the Boston Double for the fourth time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJohn Stamstad voyaging to Alaska for an all-night February bike race in the bush of the Last Frontier\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGunhild Swanson running the Western States 100 Endurance Run five days shy of her seventy-first birthday\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGordon Wadsworth racing the hardest mountain bike race in the world while opting for only one bike gear\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMelissa Kegler training for two years to break the American Ice Mile Distance record in 39.2 F water\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChris Jones embarking on The Last Great Race--six 100-mile ultramarathons to be completed over the course of one summer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd Seana Hogan, the current cycling transcontinental female record holder (set at age 35) fighting the race clock and father time to finish Race Across America at age 60\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFull of clever problem solving in epic odysseys in the great outdoors, \u003ci\u003eThe Unforgiving Hours\u003c\/i\u003e proves that with stout planning and a challenge-seeking fighting spirit, remarkable things can happen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shannon Hogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646047796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646047796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e VeloPress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs","brand":"Shannon Hogan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46420677230847,"sku":"9781646047796","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ff26dc8-16d0-47cd-b9f1-7433bab07574.jpg?v=1734635338","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unforgiving-hours-shannon-hogan-9781646047796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}