Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Ultramarathon is Den Karnazes's story: the mind-bogglingadventures of his nonstop treks through the hell of DeathValley, the incomprehensible fridigity of the South Pole, andthe breathtaking beauty of the mountains and canyons of theSierra Nevada. Karnazes captures the euphoria and out-of bodyhighs of these adventures. With insight and candor he alsoreveals how he merges the solitary, manic, self-absorbed lifeof hard-core ultrarunning with a full-time job, a wife, andtwo children, and how running has made him who he is today: aman with an uberjock's body, a teenager's energy, and achampion's wisdom.