Susie Chan

Trails and Tribulations

The Running Adventures of Susie Chan as Seen on BBC Between the Covers

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Produktbeschreibung

A compelling and sensationally honest read from one of the UK's leading and most recognised endurance runners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 160mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781399408776
• ISBN-10: 1399408771
• Artikelnr.: 68589390

Autorenporträt

Susie Chan is an endurance runner who takes on races of all distances from 1 to over 100 miles. She is a veteran of several Marathon des Sables, set the 12-hour treadmill World Record and became the first European female and the first non-US resident to finish the Badwater Ultra Cup. She has also completed all of the World Marathon Majors. As a Peloton tread instructor, she shares her love for running to members worldwide. @susie_chan_

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue 1. The Start Line - Waterloo Bridge
London 2013 2. Sleeping Bag
Food
Water Bottles
Mirror . . . Venom Pump - Marathon des Sables
2013 3. Rocks
Dunes
Heat - Marathon des Sables
2013 4. It's Just One Day in Your Life - Thames Path 100
May 2014 5. Experience Weighs Nothing - Marathon des Sables
2015 6. Snakes and Ladders - Jungle Ultra
Peru
2016 7. 24 hours Running Around a Track - Tooting Bec Athletics Track
2018 8. Guinness World Record Attempt. All Welcome - Kingston University
2016 9. Seeing the Six Stars - Berlin
Boston
Chicago
London
New York
Tokyo 10. The Hospital - Farnham
2017 11. 'Have a Word With Yourself' - Marathon des Sables
2017 and 2018 12. Crew life - The South Downs
Grand Union Canal
Death Valley 13. I am a Runner - Hampshire
2019 14. Hundreds of Miles of Nothingness - Badwater
2023 Acknowledgements

Rezensionen

Susie Chan has broken records and she has broken barriers. Her new memoir tells it all with an openness and honesty that comes from having endured some of the world's most gruelling tests of endurance