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Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Part One Chapter 1 - The Long Road to Santa Cruz Chapter 2 - The Formative Years Chapter 3 - Run with Your Heart Chapter 4 - Run for Your Life Chapter 5 - The Soiling of the Lexus Chapter 6 - Leaving Normal Chapter 7 - Over the Mountains and Through the Woods Chapter 8 - King of Pain Chapter 9 - Into Darkness Chapter 10 - Forever Changed Part Two Chapter 11 - Badwater Chapter 12 - Frozen Stiff Chapter 13 - The Ultra-Endurance World Chapter 14 - The Relay Chapter 15 - Crossing Over Chapter 16 - Team Dean Chapter 17 - Run for the Future Chapter 18 - The Gift of Life Epilogue Appendix - Food Log from The Relay Acknowledgements Worldwide Acclaim for Dean Karnazes and Ultramarathon Man: “The perfect escapist fantasy for couch potatoes and weekend warriors alike.”—Kirkus Reviews “Dean’s masochism is a reader’s pleasure.”—Publishers Weekly “Makes the extraordinary look easy.”—GQ “Iron man Dean Karnazes is no mere mortal.”—Time “There is clearly something Nietzschean in Karnazes’ makeup . . . that whatever doesn’t kill you makes you strong.” —Los Angeles Times “Fascinating.”—Sports Illustrated “Full of euphoric highs.”—The New York Times “Jaw-dropping.”—Sam Fussell, author of Muscle “Buzz book.”—People “The indefatigable man.”—Esquire “Passionate.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Karnazes is revolutionizing [ultrarunning], inspiring many weekend warriors to take it up a notch. . . . Money and fame aside, Karnazes [is] motivated by primal need more than anything else.”—Outside “Eye-popping.”—The Associated Press “Run, Karnazes, run!”—FHM “Ultra-inspirational.”—Odyssey (Greece) “[Dean is] like a comic-book superhero who remains undercover by day, every bit the unremarkable family man.” —The London Daily Telegraph “A real-life Forrest Gump. . . . [Karnazes] has pushed his body to limits that are beyond masochistic. They’re inhuman.” —Newsday “Super-human.”—The Boston Globe “Superstar.”—The Oregonian “Superman.”—Gazzetta dello Sport Week (Italy) “Ultrarunning legend.”—Men’s Journal “The ultimate ultrarunning specimen.”—Runner’s World “One of the sexiest men in sports.”—Sports Illustrated Women “The undisputed king of the ultras, who has not only pushed the envelope but blasted it to bits.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “A ‘short’ run with Dean could land you far from home.” —The Washington Post JEREMY P. TARCHER/PENGUIN 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), Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310, 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 First trade paperback edition 2006 Copyright © 2005, 2006 by Dean Karnazes 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 Most Tarcher/Penguin 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. eISBN : 978-1-440-68493-7 While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. http://us.penguingroup.com This book is dedicated to my sister, Pary, who always encouraged me to follow my heart. Part One Chapter 1 The Long Road to Santa Cruz Sleep is for wimps. —Christopher Gaylord, underground ultra-endurance legend
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