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The Road to Sparta: Running in the Footsteps of the Original Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes

The Road to Sparta: Running in the Footsteps of the Original Ultramarathon Man

Dean Karnazes

304 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
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In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in history. Dean Ka...

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