The road to Sparta : reliving the ancient battle and epic run that inspired the world's greatest footrace / / Dean Karnazes
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| Autore: |
Karnazes Dean
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| Titolo: |
The road to Sparta : reliving the ancient battle and epic run that inspired the world's greatest footrace / / Dean Karnazes
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Rodale, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 796.4252 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ultra running |
| Ultra running - Greece | |
| Long-distance running - Greece | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Greece |
| Classificazione: | SPO019000SPO035000HIS002010SPO046000 |
| Nota di contenuto: | Immigrant song -- Who am I? -- Fields of fennel -- United by calves -- All in -- Beyond -- Spare the horses -- Let's rock -- The Persians have landed -- Origins of a classic -- Toga! -- Coming home -- Welcome to Greece -- Village in the hills -- Giver of the watermelon -- Sign me up -- Hand me the controls -- For Greece, for home -- The race is on -- It's in the air -- Encounters of the ultra kind -- Stalkers -- Roll camera -- George Clooney -- Three drunk mice -- Shadows in the dark -- Go greek or go home -- The tides through which we move -- The trophy -- One more race. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes explores his Greek ancestry and, with the help of scholars, learns about the world's first marathon. He decides to follow the 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta to honor an ancient Greek runner as well as his own Greek heritage. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The road to Sparta |
| ISBN: | 1-60961-473-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910164905103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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