Running Free
A Runner’s Journey Back to Nature
$27.71
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2015
Summary
From the award-winning author of Feet in the Clouds, Richard Askwith makes a passionate and inspiring case for runners to get back to nature.
Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright prize for nature writing
Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy kit and racking up extreme challenges, he looked for ways to liberate himself. His solution: running through muddy fields and up rocky fells, running with h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224091978 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224091972 |
| Author: | Richard Askwith |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“An escape from the stopwatch tyranny of PBs and split times, this is a reminder of how to run for sheer joy.”
A joyous, eloquent and lyrical account of one man’s lifelong love affair with running… Running Free is simply the prod you need to make you step off the pavement and into the wild – Martin Love * Guardian *Exhilarating – Iain Finlayson * The Times *A much needed breath of fresh air – Alexandra Heminsley * Independent *An escape from the stopwatch tyranny of PBs and split times, this is a reminder of how to run for sheer joy * Runner’s World *Intelligent, evocative, passionate and above all enjoyable – Simon Redfern * Independent on Sunday *[An] idiosyncratic, enjoyable tale… Never less than compelling – Alexander Larman * Observer *Delightful and endearing…a contemplation of the beauty and joy of experiencing the world out there, beyond the tarmac – Boff Whalley * The Fellrunner *Very readable and inspiring * UK Press Syndication *The most beautifully written book I have read in ages… Askwith explains why his mind is forever wandering towards thoughts of running freely, up hills, across fields, and through forests whose damp leaves look “like smashed Marmite jars”. You can’t read such metaphors without being moved by them — literally – Amol Rajan * Evening Standard *I finished Askwith’s book feeling an urgent need to run up the nearest fell, with no watch and no plan. Just me and my whistle, running free – Rose George * Guardian *
About The Author
Richard Askwith
Richard Askwith has been a journalist for over 40 years. He has written six previous books, including his modern classic on fell running, Feet in the Clouds, which won the Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards and was shortlisted for the William Hill and Boardman Tasker prizes, and he is now one of the UK’s most celebrated writers on running. Running Free was shortlisted for the Thwaites-Wainwright Prize, and his evocative biography of Emil Zatopek, Today We Die A Little, was shortlisted in the Cross Sports Book Awards. His most recent book, Unbreakable- the Countess, the Nazis and the World’s Most Dangerous Horse Race, won Biography of the Year at the Telegraph Sports Book Awards in 2020.
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