Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America PDF
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Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Foreword PART I - Desert Chapter 1. - As Far As I Can, As Fast As I Can Chapter 2. - Legacy Chapter 3. - It’s Just Who I Am Chapter 4. - Fool’s Errand Chapter 5. - Running Machine PART II - Heartland Chapter 6. - Coming Home Chapter 7. - This Is Not My Foot Chapter 8. - States of Mind Chapter 9. - The 400-Mile Workweek Chapter 10. - Competitive Spirit PART III - Liberty Chapter 11. - Stop Crapping in Cornfields Chapter 12. - Running Out Chapter 13. - Rest Running America Appendix A - Training Schedule Appendix B - Course Statistics Appendix C - Nutrition and Diet Appendix D - Injuries, Ailments, and Treatments Appendix E - Supplies, Clothing, and Gear Appendix F - Charities, Sponsors, and Partners List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Bibliography Index About the Author Praise for Running on Empty “Marshall is The Man. Definitively. His run across America at the age of fifty-seven sealed that distinction forever. He’s living proof that endurance never sleeps, never gets old, never tires. Nothing can stop him, and that gives us all hope, gives us resolve to keep trying.” —DEAN KARNAZES, acclaimed endurance athlete and bestselling author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner “Marshall and I go way back to the first Eco-Challenge in 1995. An athlete of astonishing grit both then and now, he never fails to push the limits of his sport, no matter what extreme endurance event he’s chosen. Running on Empty tells the story of Marshall’s greatest test: reading it, you get a sense of how tough this man is, but there’s also a bit of Everyman in Marsh. He’s an inspiration to all of us.” —MARK BURNETT, Emmy Award–winning producer of Survivor, Eco-Challenge, The Apprentice, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and other programs “Riveting—the man has endured more, experienced more, accomplished more than you can imagine. You have to read it to believe it.” —AMBY BURFOOT, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon and editor at large, Runner’s World “You can learn from every race, even the ones you read about instead of run yourself. Marshall is a master of mental toughness, an endurance legend, and exactly the kind of example our country needs right now.” —KARA GOUCHER, American middle-and long-distance runner, Olympian and World Championships medalist “I’m always secretly envious of guys like Marshall, who run for adventure and cover extreme distances. What goes on inside their heads? How do they keep going, on and on, into the night, for days on end? What do they experience that the rest of us don’t? Running on Empty tells it all, giving a rare glimpse into the world of ultrarunning and into the life of a man who epitomizes his sport’s doctrine of ‘never say quit.’” —RYAN HALL, first U.S. runner to finish the half-marathon in under an hour and current U.S. record holder Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA • Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England • Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) • Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) • Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi–110 017, India • Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) • Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Copyright © 2011 by Marshall Ulrich All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. Published simultaneously in Canada Excerpt from “Desert Places” from The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright 1947, 1969 by Henry Holt and Company. Copyright 1975 by Lesley Frost Ballantine. Excerpt from “Living Like Weasels” from Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard. Copyright 1982 by Annie Dillard. Excerpt from “The Shore and the Sea” from Further Fables for Our Time by James Thurber. Copyright 1956 by Rosemary A. Thurber. Thurber and The Barbara Hogenson Agency. All rights reserved. The poem “Running America” was written in Marshall Ulrich’s honor by Joanne Gabbin, Ph.D, director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Copyright 2009 by Joanne V. Gabbin. Reprinted with her permission. The guidelines for the world-record attempt (fastest crossing of the United States on foot) have been provided courtesy Guinness World Records Limited. Most Avery books are available at special quantity discounts for bulk purchase for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, and educational needs. Special books or book excerpts also can be created to fit specific needs. For details, write Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Special Markets, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ulrich, Marshall. Running on empty: an ultramarathoner’s story of love, loss, and a record-setting run across America / Marshall Ulrich. p. cm. eISBN : 978-1-10151385-9 1. Ulrich, Marshall. 2. Long-distance runners—United States—Biography. 3. Long-distance running— United States. I. Title. GV1061.15.U47A 796.42092—dc22 [B]
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