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Two hours, to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. It is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we can glimpse the mountain-top. The sub-two hour marathon will require an exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The pioneer will have to endure more, live braver, plan better, and be luckier than his forbearers. So who is he? In this spellbinding book, Ed Caesar takes us into the world of the elite of the elite: the greatest marathoners on earth. Through the stories of these rich characters, and their troubled lives, he traces the history of the marathon as well as the science, physiology and psychology involved in running so fast, for so long. And he shows us why this most democratic of races retains its savage, enthralling appeal - why we are drawn to test ourselves to the limit. 'Ed Caesar's treatment of the near-mythical two-hour marathon is both implacably scientific and wonderfully reverential. As a former marathoner I deeply appreciate both. The prose hums along effortlessly and the topic is one of the most profound there is: the absolute limits of human performance. Reading a book that combines those two things is one of the great pleasures in life' Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm 'I didn't think any book could make me interested in marathon running. Two Hours did that and much more. Ed Caesar's in depth reporting explores one of sport's ultimate questions: is there a final human boundary and, if so, where?

A maratoni táv két órán belüli lefutásához a sebesség, a mentális erő és a kitartás rendkívüli kombinációja szükséges, és csak az képes rá, aki többet elvisel, bátrabb, jobban tervez és szerencsésebb mindenki másnál. Vajon ki lesz az, aki áttöri az álomhatárt? Ed Caesar újságíró az Egyesült Államok és Európa nagy pénzdíjas versenyeire és Kenya távoli falvaiba kalauzol bennünket, hogy bevezessen az elit maratonisták világába. Nemcsak a világ legjobb hosszútávfutói, például a kenyai Geoffrey Mutai és a maratoni futás történetét meséli el, de a fiziológia és a pszichológia szemszögéből is vizsgálja az eddig lehetetlennek tűnő küldetést. A Kétórás maraton tehetségről és hősiességről szól, és egy olyan kihívásról, amelyben a futás több klasszikus értelemben vett sportnál, a küzdelem pedig egyéni drámánál.

WINNER OF THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2016 Two Hours by Ed Caesar - the quest to run the impossible marathon, by the acclaimed writer with inside access to Nike's #Breaking2 project 'The marathon tethers runners to their own personal narratives. It is a question of how you grow. Nothing but your own body will sustain you; everything you have done in your life until the moment you cross the finishing line is connected to the effort' Two hours, to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. It is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we can glimpse the mountain-top. The sub-two hour marathon will require an exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The pioneer will have to endure more, live braver, plan better, and be luckier than his forbearers. So who is he? In this spellbinding book, Ed Caesar takes us into the world of the elite of the elite: the greatest marathoners on earth. Through the stories of these rich characters, and their troubled lives, he traces the history of the marathon as well as the science, physiology and psychology involved in running so fast, for so long. And he shows us why this most democratic of races retains its savage, enthralling appeal - why we are drawn to test ourselves to the limit. 'Ed Caesar's treatment of the near-mythical two-hour marathon is both implacably scientific and wonderfully reverential. As a former marathoner I deeply appreciate both. The prose hums along effortlessly and the topic is one of the most profound there is: the absolute limits of human performance. Reading a book that combines those two things is one of the great pleasures in life' Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm 'I didn't think any book could make me interested in marathon running. Two Hours did that and much more. Ed Caesar's in depth reporting explores one of sport's ultimate questions: is there a final human boundary and, if so, where? A terrific book: elegant, engaging and rewarding' Ed Smith, former England cricketer and author of Luck

In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - all utterly alone. Wilson didn't know how to climb. He barely knew how to fly. But he had pluck, daring and a vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the world. Traumatised by his wartime experiences and leaving behind a trail of broken hearts, Wilson believed that Everest could redeem him. This is the tale of an adventurer unlike any you have ever encountered: an unforgettable story about the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

The untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest. Alone. In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - all utterly alone. Wilson didn't know how to climb. He barely knew how to fly. But he had pluck, daring and a vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the world. Maurice Wilson is a man written out of the history books - dismissed as an eccentric and a charlatan by many, but held in the highest regard by world class mountaineers such as Reinhold Messner. The Moth and the Mountain restores him to his rightful place in the annals of Everest and in doing so attempts to answer that perennial question - why do we climb mountains?

A maratoni táv két órán belüli lefutásához a sebesség, a mentális erő és a kitartás rendkívüli kombinációja szükséges, és csak az képes rá, aki többet elvisel, bátrabb, jobban tervez és szerencsésebb mindenki másnál. Vajon ki lesz az, aki áttöri az álomhatárt? Ed Caesar újságíró az Egyesült Államok és Európa nagy pénzdíjas versenyeire és Kenya távoli falvaiba kalauzol bennünket, hogy bevezessen az elit maratonisták világába. Nemcsak a világ legjobb hosszútávfutói, például a kenyai Geoffrey Mutai és a maratoni futás történetét meséli el, de a fiziológia és a pszichológia szemszögéből is vizsgálja az eddig lehetetlennek tűnő küldetést. A Kétórás maraton tehetségről és hősiességről szól, és egy olyan kihívásról, amelyben a futás több klasszikus értelemben vett sportnál, a küzdelem pedig egyéni drámánál.