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    Run or Die
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    Run or Die

    By Kilian Jornet

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    About this ebook

    Shortlisted for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
    National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014

    "The most dominating endurance athlete of his generation." -- The New York Times

    An exceptional athlete. A dominating force. An extraordinary person.

    Kilian Jornet has conquered some of the toughest physical tests on the planet. He has run up and down Mt. Kilimanjaro faster than any other human being, and struck down world records in every challenge that has been proposed, all before the age of 25. Redefining what is possible, Jornet continually pushes the limits of human ability, astonishing competitors with his near-superhuman fitness and ability.

    Born and raised at 6,000 feet above sea level in the Spanish Pyrenees, Jornet climbed an 11,000 foot mountain -- the highest mountain in the region -- at age 5. Now Jornet adores the mountains with the same ferocity with which he runs them. In Run or Die he shares his passion, inviting readers into a fascinating world rich with the beauty of rugged trails and mountain vistas, the pulse-pounding drama of racing, and an intense love for sport and the landscapes that surround him.

    In his book, Jornet describes his record-breaking runs at Lake Tahoe, Western States 100, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, and Mount Kilimanjaro--the first of his ambitious Summits of My Life project in which Jornet will attempt to break records climbing the highest peaks on each continent.

    In turns inspiring, insightful, candid, and deeply personal, this is a book written from the heart of the world's greatest endurance runner, for whom life presents one simple choice: Run. Or die.

    "Trail running's first true breakout star, [Jornet] has yet to find a record he can't shatter." -- Runner's World

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVeloPress
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781937716356
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    Kilian Jornet

    Kilian Jornet Burgada is a world champion ultrarunner and ski mountaineer. The 25-year-old Spaniard was born and raised in the Catalan Pyrenees, and trains in Chamonix, France, when he is not racing around the globe.

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      There is no denying Kilian Jornet is tough...and maybe just a little crazy. At 18, as a burgeoning athlete, he had an injury so severe he had to have a metal plate surgically implanted around his kneecap, and still he was determined to train. In the third chapter he describes running the 165-mile Tahoe Rim Trail. In the very next chapter...well, I'll let him tell you"...It was the idea I could run across the Pyrenees in seven days" (p 75). See? Told you. Nuts. Just so you know, he ran just under 87 miles that first day. But, what is really cool of Jornet's character (besides the crazy ambition) is his appreciation for the world around him as he runs. He is constantly taking note of the snow-capped mountains, the way sunlight dances on water. He really drinks it in as he runs.Quotes to inspire, "A day comes in life when you have to decide which train to take, and once you are aboard, there is no point in thinking what might have happened if you had caught a different one" (p 14). Amen to that! Here's another, "A race is a life that is born when you get up in the morning and dies when you cross the finish line" (p 30). I like the finality of that. You do it. You finish it. You're done. Last one, "Everyone can be king of his own castle, but outside he is vulnerable and can lose his way" (p 124). Too true.