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Running with the Kenyans : passion, adventure, and the secrets of the fastest people on earth / Adharanand Finn.

Title
Running with the Kenyans : passion, adventure, and the secrets of the fastest people on earth / Adharanand Finn.
Author
Finn, Adharanand.
Publication
New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.

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Description
xiv, 265 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
Whether running is a recreation, a passion, or just a spectator sport, Finn's incredible journey to the elite training camps of Kenya will captivate. Part travelogue, part memoir, this quest uncovers the secrets of the world's greatest runners--and puts them to the test.
Subject
  • Runners (Sports) > Kenya
  • Running > Social aspects > Kenya
  • Track and field > Social aspects > Kenya
  • National characteristics, Kenyan
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging
  • TRAVEL / Africa / Kenya
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Rite of passage -- Boot camp -- Obstacle course -- Nemesis -- Getting dirty -- Cold bore -- When everything changed -- Into the War on Terror -- In the caves -- Coalition -- My proudest moment.
ISBN
  • 9780345528797 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0345528794 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780345533524 (ebk.)
  • 0345533526 (ebk.)
LCCN
^^2012009641
OCLC
753624865
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library