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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 Karnazes, Dean, 1962-

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Karnazes, Dean, 1962-

Ultra running -- Greece.

Long-distance running -- Greece.

9781609614744 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Reliving the ancient battle and epic run that inspired the world's greatest footrace

xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps, photographs ; 23 cm.

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 ultra marathoner 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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