{"title":"Books by Adharanand Finn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780571274062","title":"Running with the Kenyans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Sports Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner - Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest long-distance races, \u003ci\u003eRunner's World \u003c\/i\u003econtributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his family, he moved to Iten, Kenya, the running capital of the world, and started investigating. Was it running barefoot to school, the food, the altitude, or something else? At the end of his journey he put his research to the test by running his first marathon, across the Kenyan plains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes a new chapter covering the 2012 Olympics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291781640565,"sku":"9780571274062","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571274062_228ca88a-88c0-44bf-9439-c1d8755d5cc8.jpg?v=1786014135"},{"product_id":"9780571303175","title":"The Way of the Runner","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, where: a long-distance relay race is the country's biggest annual sporting event; companies sponsor their own running teams, paying the athletes like employees; and marathon monks run a thousand marathons in a thousand days to reach spiritual enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdharanand Finn - award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRunning with the Kenyans\u003c\/i\u003e  - moved to Japan to discover more about this unique running culture and  what it might teach us about the sport and about Japan. As an amateur  runner about to turn forty, he also hoped find out whether the Japanese  approach to training might help him keep improving. What he learned -  about competition, about team work, about beating your personal bests,  about form and about himself - will fascinate anyone who is keen to  explore why we run, and how we might do it better.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292679188853,"sku":"9780571303175","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571303175_fe7c1c81-0416-47a0-b231-145c7fa3e84d.jpg?v=1786014639"},{"product_id":"9781783351336","title":"The Rise of the Ultra Runners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Finn has written the definitive book on ultra running today. I couldn't put it down.' – Dean Karnazes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Epic ... A triumphant, emotive and moving account of the transformative force of mind over matter.' - \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarathons are no longer enough. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePain is to be relished, not avoided. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHallucinations are normal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdharanand Finn travelled to the heart of the sport to find out – and to see if he could become an ultra runner himself. His journey took him from the deserts of Oman to the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies, and on to his ultimate goal, the 105-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Ultra Runners\u003c\/i\u003e is the electrifying, inspirational account of what he learned along the way. Through encounters with the sport’s many colourful characters and his experiences of its soaring highs and crushing lows, Finn offers an unforgettable insight into what can be found at the boundaries of human endeavour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305069293941,"sku":"9781783351336","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781783351336_05aa3cb8-0e71-4fad-80c8-42dba4287dcf.jpg?v=1786025587"},{"product_id":"the-running-pilgrim","title":"The Running Pilgrim","description":"From the acclaimed author of Running with the Kenyans and The Rise of the Ultra Runners, an astonishing, moving meditation on running, mindfulness and belonging.   'Running's foremost cultural explorer.' ALEX HUTCHINSONFinding himself at a crossroads, Adharanand Finn couldn't help but ask himself: what was he doing all this running for? He was pushing himself further and further, tracking his metrics more and more obsessively, but perhaps he needed to consider a different approach. Maybe another 'race' wasn't what he needed, but something more intentional, in search of meaning, understanding and adventure.   In The Running Pilgrim, Adharanand travels to Ireland, setting out to run 1,400 miles around its perimeter, hoping to reconnect with the birthplace of his parents and the country where he spent summers in his youth. Journeying from Dublin, Cork and Tralee to Galway, Sligo and Malin Head, through national parks, historic spiritual landmarks and countryside and suburbia, he encounters people and landscapes which upend his understanding of Ireland - and himself.   An inspiring story of self-discovery and physical endurance, The Running Pilgrim is a paean to the transformative power of running; to the pain of the times where you feel as though you can't take another step, and the exhilaration of those rare moments when you believe you could run to the horizon, and over and beyond it.Finding himself at a crossroads, Adharanand Finn couldn't help but ask himself: what was he doing all this running for? He was pushing himself further and further, tracking his metrics more and more obsessively, but perhaps he needed to consider a different approach. Maybe another 'race' wasn't what he needed, but something more intentional, in search of meaning, understanding and adventure.   In The Running Pilgrim, Adharanand travels to Ireland, setting out to run 1,400 miles around its perimeter, hoping to reconnect with the birthplace of his parents and the country where he spent summers in his youth. 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