Personal record [electronic resource] : a love affair with running / Rachel Toor.
Personal record [electronic resource] : a love affair with running / Rachel Toor.
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
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English
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1 online resource (181 p.)
The body -- Reasons not to run -- The routes -- One runner's beginnings -- The closet -- The coach -- The magazine rack -- Ride and ties -- Weekend mornings -- The first marathon -- Speed goggles -- The fast young man -- Boston -- Becoming a marathoner -- Racing -- The western state -- Injuries -- U...
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
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c2008.
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Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Personal Record, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner's life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, the watch (and Toor loves her watch) are all essential to the r...
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Personal record [electronic resource] : a love affair with running / Rachel Toor.
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English
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c2008.
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74VKavPL7gp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKavPL7gp3
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ISBN
0-8032-1870-2
1-281-95829-8
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796.4252092
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991024353697502626