Long Distance by Bill McKibben - ISBN: 9781605291246
Paperback
A new edition of a classic McKibben book about what it takes to be a world-class athlete and where the true meaning of endurance can be found At 37, the celebrated writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben took a break from the life of the mind to put himself to the ultimate test: devoting a year to…

Long Distance

Testing the Limits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    1 May 2018

Summary

A new edition of a classic book about what it takes to be a world-class athlete and where the true meaning of endurance can be found.At 37, the celebrated writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben took a break from the life of the mind to put himself to the ultimate test- devoting a year to train as a competitive cross-country skier. Consulting with personal trainers, coaches, and doctors at the US Olympic Center, he followed the rigorous training regimen of a world-class athlete.Along the wa…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781605291246
ISBN-10:1605291242
Author:Bill McKibben
Publisher:Rodale Press
Imprint:Rodale Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:1 May 2018
Weight:215g
Dimensions:213mm x 139mm x 15mm
About The Author

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibbenis the author of more than a dozen books, includingThe End of Nature,Enough- Staying Human in an Engineered Age, andDeep Economy. A former staff writer forTheNew Yorker, he writes often forHarper’s Magazine,National Geographic, and theNew York Review of Books, among other publications. He is the founder of the environmental organizations Step It Up and 350.org, a global-warming awareness campaign that in October 2009 coordinated what CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.” He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and their daughter.

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