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The road to Sparta : reliving the ancient battle and epic run that inspired the world's greatest footrace / Dean Karnazes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Rodale, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xiii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1609614747
  • 9781609614744
Other title:
  • Reliving the ancient battle and epic run that inspired the world's greatest footrace
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 796.42092 23
LOC classification:
  • GV1061.15.K37 R63 2016
Contents:
Preface; Prologue -- 1. Immigrant Song -- 2. Who Am I? -- 3. Fields of Fennel -- 4. United by Calves -- 5. All In -- 6. Beyond -- 7. Spare The Horses -- 8. Let's Rock -- 9. The Persians Have Landed -- 10. Origins of a Classic -- 11. Toga! -- 12. Coming Home -- 13. Welcome to Greece -- 14. Village in the Hills -- 15. Giver of the Watermelon -- 16. Sign Me Up -- 17. Hand Me the Controls -- 18. For Greece, for Home -- 19. The Race is on -- 20. It's in the Air -- 21. Encounters of the Ultra Kind -- 22. Stalkers -- 23. Roll Camera -- 24. George Clooney -- 25. Three Drunk Mice -- 26. Shadows in the Dark -- 27. Go Greek or Go Home -- 28. The Tides Through Which We Move -- 29. The Trophy -- 30. One More Race -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Index.
Summary: "The Road to Sparta chronicles three different stories interwoven into one seamless narrative. Famed ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes explores his own Greek ancestry while consulting with the foremost scholars on Ancient Greece to tell the story of the world's first marathon, all while reliving the historic 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta in one of the most difficult ultra races in the world - the Spartathlon." --Book jacket.
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Includes index.

Preface; Prologue -- 1. Immigrant Song -- 2. Who Am I? -- 3. Fields of Fennel -- 4. United by Calves -- 5. All In -- 6. Beyond -- 7. Spare The Horses -- 8. Let's Rock -- 9. The Persians Have Landed -- 10. Origins of a Classic -- 11. Toga! -- 12. Coming Home -- 13. Welcome to Greece -- 14. Village in the Hills -- 15. Giver of the Watermelon -- 16. Sign Me Up -- 17. Hand Me the Controls -- 18. For Greece, for Home -- 19. The Race is on -- 20. It's in the Air -- 21. Encounters of the Ultra Kind -- 22. Stalkers -- 23. Roll Camera -- 24. George Clooney -- 25. Three Drunk Mice -- 26. Shadows in the Dark -- 27. Go Greek or Go Home -- 28. The Tides Through Which We Move -- 29. The Trophy -- 30. One More Race -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Index.

"The Road to Sparta chronicles three different stories interwoven into one seamless narrative. Famed ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes explores his own Greek ancestry while consulting with the foremost scholars on Ancient Greece to tell the story of the world's first marathon, all while reliving the historic 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta in one of the most difficult ultra races in the world - the Spartathlon." --Book jacket.

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