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9780071358217

Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071358217

  • ISBN10:

    0071358218

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-10-18
  • Publisher: MCG

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Summary

"A Great book...the reader sees through Marty's eyes, feels his joy and his pain, experiences adventure racing close up." - National Geographic. The Raid Gauloises - an eight-to-twelve day adventure race in remarkably inhospitable environments - is an event in which simply finishing is a victory. Experience every exhilarating step in Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth, Martin Dugard's highly praised, intensely personal account of this grueling and remarkable journey.

Author Biography

Journalist and sportswriter Martin Dugard has covered adventure racing since its inception. Well known for his reporting of endurance sports events, he is a frequent contributor to Sports Illustrated, GQ, Esquire, and other magazines, as well as the author of two previous books. Also a marathoner and triathlete, Dugard is a coholder of the around-the-world speed record. He and his family live in Orange County, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Gerard Fusil

Prologue: Lesotho, 1997

Part I Beginnings

1 Leaving Normal

2 A Little Bit of Madness--Madagascar, 1993

3 The Temple of Doom--Borneo, 1994

4 Oklahoma and Other Delights

Part II How Not to do An Adventure Race

5 What It Feels Like to Quit the Raid

6 Let the Games Begin

7 Tahoe, Moab, and Mammoth

8 The Streets of Bariloche--Patagonia, 1995

9 What It Feels Like to Quit the Raid

Part III Doing It Right

10 Moby Raid

11 Eco Prosperity

12 Lesotho, 1997

Postcript: What It Feels Like to Finish the Raid Gauloises

Acknowledgements

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