The Way of the Runner: A journey into the obsessive world of Japanese running

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Way of the Runner: A journey into the obsessive world of Japanese running
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Adharanand Finn
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130
Category/GenreMarathon and cross-country running
ISBN/Barcode 9780571303175
ClassificationsDewey:796.4250952
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 7 April 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Welcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, where: a long-distance relay race is the country's biggest annual sporting event; companies sponsor their own running teams, paying the athletes like employees; and marathon monks run a thousand marathons in a thousand days to reach spiritual enlightenment. Adharanand Finn - award-winning author of Running with the Kenyans - moved to Japan to discover more about this unique running culture and what it might teach us about the sport and about Japan. As an amateur runner about to turn forty, he also hoped find out whether the Japanese approach to training might help him keep improving. What he learned - about competition, about team work, about beating your personal bests, about form and about himself - will fascinate anyone who is keen to explore why we run, and how we might do it better.

Author Biography

Adharanand Finn is the author of Running with the Kenyans, which was the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year, won Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards, and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book Award. He is an editor at the Guardian and a freelance journalist. He is also a former junior cross-country runner and now competes for Torbay AC in Devon, where he and his family usually live. Follow him on @adharanand.