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Running with the Kenyans : passion, adventure, and the secrets of the fastest people on earth / Adharanand Finn.

Title
  1. Running with the Kenyans : passion, adventure, and the secrets of the fastest people on earth / Adharanand Finn.
Published by
  1. New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
Author
  1. Finn, Adharanand.

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Description
  1. xiv, 265 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. Whether running is a recreation, a passion, or just a spectator sport, Finn's incredible journey to the elite training camps of Kenya will captivate. Part travelogue, part memoir, this quest uncovers the secrets of the world's greatest runners--and puts them to the test.
Subject
  1. Runners (Sports) > Kenya
  2. Running > Social aspects > Kenya
  3. Track and field > Social aspects > Kenya
  4. National characteristics, Kenyan
  5. SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging
  6. TRAVEL / Africa / Kenya
  7. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Contents
  1. Rite of passage -- Boot camp -- Obstacle course -- Nemesis -- Getting dirty -- Cold bore -- When everything changed -- Into the War on Terror -- In the caves -- Coalition -- My proudest moment.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain