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    Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed
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    Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed
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    Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed

    Written by Matthew Futterman

    Narrated by René Ruiz

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    About this audiobook

    Visionary American running coach Bob Larsen assembled a mismatched team of elite California runners...the start of his decades-long quest for championships, Olympic glory, and pursuit of "the epic run."

    In the dusty hills above San Diego, Bob Larsen became America's greatest running coach. Starting with a ragtag group of high school cross country and track runners, Larsen set out on a decades-long quest to find the secret of running impossibly fast, for longer distances than anyone thought possible. Himself a former farm boy who fell into his track career by accident, Larsen worked through coaching high school, junior college, and college, coaxing talented runners away from more traditional sports as the running craze was in its infancy in the 60s and 70s. On the arid trails and windy roads of California, Larsen relentlessly sought the "secret sauce" of speed and endurance that would catapult American running onto the national stage.

    Running to the Edge is a riveting account of Larsen's journey, and his quest to discover the unorthodox training secrets that would lead American runners (elite and recreational) to breakthroughs never imagined. New York Times Deputy Sports Editor Matthew Futterman interweaves the dramatic stories of Larsen's runners with a fascinating discourse of the science behind human running, as well as a personal running narrative that follows Futterman's own checkered love-affair with the sport. The result is a narrative that will speak to every runner, a story of Larsen's triumphs — from high school cross-country meets to the founding of the cult-favorite 70s running group, the Jamul Toads, from national championships to his long tenure as head coach at UCLA, and from the secret training regimen of world champion athletes like Larsen's protégé, American Meb Keflezighi, to victories at the New York and Boston Marathons as well as the Olympics.

    Running to the Edge is a pause-resister...a relentless crusade to run faster, farther.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 4, 2019
    ISBN9781984891648
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    Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed
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    Matthew Futterman

    Matthew Futterman is a senior special writer for sports with The Wall Street Journal. He has previously worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Star-Ledger of New Jersey, where he was a part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News in 2005. He lives in New York with his wife and children. Players: The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution is his first book.

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      If I could give this book more than five stars I would. Best running book I’ve ever read. I’ve sent it out to at least 10 people this week as recommended reading

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