Runner: A short story about a long run

Lizzy Hawker is a British long-distance runner who has become one of the most successful endurance athletes in the world. She started her career as a schoolgirl running the streets of London and went on to become the 100km Womens World Champion, win the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc an unprecedented five times, hold the world record for 24 hours road running, and become the first woman to stand on the overall winners podium at Spartathlon. Her remarkable spirit was recognised in 2013 when she was a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 07 June 2018
\n Publisher: Aurum Press
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Lizzy Hawker's journey from a schoolgirl running the streets of London to a world-record-breaking athlete racing on mountains is an incredible tale of determination and resilience. Scared witless and surrounded by a sea of people, Lizzy stood in the church square at the center of Chamonix on a late August evening, waiting for the start of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. The mountains towering over the pack of runners promised a grueling 8,600 meters of ascent and descent over 158 kilometers of challenging terrain that would test the feet, legs, heart, and mind. These nervous moments before the race signaled not just the beginning of nearly twenty-seven hours of effort that saw Lizzy finish as the first woman, but the start of the career of one of Britain's most successful endurance athletes.

Lizzy went on to achieve remarkable feats, including becoming the 100km Women's World Champion, winning the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc an unprecedented five times, holding the world record for 24 hours road running, and becoming the first woman to stand on the overall winners podium at Spartathlon. An innate endurance and natural affinity with the mountains have led Lizzy to push herself to the absolute limits, including a staggering 320-kilometer run through the Himalayas, from Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu in Nepal.

Lizzy's remarkable spirit was recognized in 2013 when she was named a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. These ultimate challenges ask not just what the feet and legs can do but question the inner thoughts and contemplations of a runner.

Lizzy's astonishing story uncovers the physical, mental, and emotional challenges that runners go through at the edge of human endurance, inspiring us to get out of the chair and go running in the mountains.

\n Weight: 232g\n
Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781781315422\n \n