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The Cayman Islands Marathon Experience
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Whatcha Doin' This Weekend?
See Dane Run (click for details) |
100 Marathon Club
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A Marathon
Odyssey (click for details) Available Fall 2008 |
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The Cayman Islands Marathon Experience More and more people are running marathons than ever before. It’s possible for almost anyone. This book is a unique collection of the experiences of runners, volunteers and organizers of the 2006 Cayman Islands marathon. Runners describe in their own words the reasons why they run, their training, and what it was like on the day of the race. The collection is complemented with insights and facts and figures on marathons, their history and what they involve. If you’ve never run a marathon (or half-marathon) but are curious to know what it’s all about, this book is for you. If you’re looking for a vacation and an excuse for travelling, this destination marathon could be the one for you. The pictures and stories will motivate and inspire. READ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING The Cayman Islands Marathon Experience by Malcolm Anderson 5.5 x 8.5, paperback, Summer 2007, 149 pages ISBN-13: 978-0-9683158-3-5 ISBN-10: 0-9683158-3-6 Price: 19.00 CAD |
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A Marathon Odyssey This is the true story of 3 marathons and an odyssey. The Athens marathon is held in November each year. Home of the marathon, home of the legend. It is run on the original marathon course of the 1896 Olympics – from Marathon to Athens, finishing in the Panathinaikon Olympic Stadium in the centre of Athens. Two months later in early January, Walt Disney World hosts the Goofy Challenge – run the half marathon around Disney World on the Saturday and you get a Donald Duck medal. Do the Full marathon on the Sunday and you get a Mickey Mouse medal. Complete both, and you get a Goofy medal. To many people it doesn’t get much better than that. Unless of course, you decide to head to the Caribbean and run a marathon there. So the author did just that, with the flat and beautiful Cayman Islands marathon at the beginning of December. The Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge epitomizes the transition of ‘the marathon’ from legend and Olympic heroes to worldwide societal mainstream. The book is a personal journey. It is a societal journey. It traces the transformation of marathon running while at the same time being part travel-log, and part training as it details the successes and the dismal failures of training for these three events. A Marathon Odyssey by Malcolm Anderson Price: $12.90 CAD |
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Whatcha Doin' This Weekend? See Dane Run Forward by Dick Beardsley: Dane Rauschenberg’s account of his personal triumph, all the hard work, the long hours, and the solitary effort is a must read for anyone who has ever dreamed of doing the impossible. It is an honor to be asked to write the forward to this journal of one man's determination to fulfill a lifelong dream. To run a marathon takes a certain kind of courage, a commitment to long, often solitary training runs in all conditions, a singularity of purpose and not just a little bit of faith. To run 52 marathons in 52 weeks is an order of magnitude of difference. The focus and determination, the flexibility to take what the marathon gives you and the faith to go on, to keep on when every part of you wants to stop, this is the mark of the true long distance runner. I have run many marathons in my life. At one time as an elite runner and now as competitive masters runner with a commitment to giving it my best everytime I set out. No matter what one’s status is as a runner, the miles hurt each of us in much the same way, and equally, those same miles raise us up to be our best in much the same way. The people we meet, the sights we see, the things we learn about who we are and in the end, why we are here, are valuable not only to each of us individually but to anyone who has ever set out on a long journey of unknown result. So put on your good running shoes, settle back in your comfortable chair and go on a journey with a remarkable runner, a remarkable man....Dane Rauschenberg Whatcha Doin' This Weekend? See Dane Run by Dane Rauschenberg Price: $24.90 CAD ISBN-13: 978-0-9683158-5-9 ISBN-10: 0-9683158-5-2 |
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100 Marathon Club To most people, running a marathon seems a remarkable and remotely possible achievement, a major lifetime accomplishment. To run 100 or more marathons is even harder for people to comprehend, especially when you consider that more people have climbed Mt. Everest than run 100 marathons. Why do people run 100 marathons? What compels someone to run over one thousand marathons? The Author has conducted interviews with one hundred of these amazing individuals from around the world, including Canada, United States, South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Are these runners any different from one country to the next? Meet these remarkable runners and share in their stories. Meet the men’s and women’s world record holders for the most marathons ever completed (and they are still running strong). Meet the Clubs that have been formed specifi cally for those who aspire to, and who have completed 100 marathons or more. Meet the people who make this network possible. The book provides amazing, inspirational stories of courage, overcoming adversity, resilience, camaraderie and commitment. But these runners are like you and I. Learn about their experiences traveling, their training, the social side of running marathons, the use of technology, humorous stories, injuries, costs, how they manage to fit marathon running into the rest of their lives, their favourite runs, and their advice to those just starting to run marathons. With well over 20,000 marathons run between them there is much to learn. If you have ever wanted an insight into the marathon movement or wanted to share the marathon experience with those who do not run marathons, this book is for you. If you are just looking for a book to sit back and enjoy, this is the one. 100 Marathon Club by Malcolm Anderson Price: $17.80 CAD |
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The Cayman Islands Marathon Experience Chapter Excerpt "This book is about the 2006 Cayman Islands Marathon experience. It’s a book built around the experiences and stories – the direct words – of the runners, family and friends, volunteers and race organizers. The marathon distance is 26 miles and 385 yards (42.2 kilometres). That’s a long way. Especially at the End. The Half Marathon distance is also a long distance. Don’t be fooled by the ‘half’ – it is still 13 miles and 192.5 yards (21.1 kilometres). For some runners the half-marathon is their favourite distance. It’s long enough to be a serious challenge if you haven’t run before, although it doesn’t require the same level of training as that for a full marathon. In a marathon event there is sometimes another option – a relay race over the marathon distance. Here, teams of 4 runners run the marathon. There are less miles to cover for each runner, but still a lot of energy expended on the course. Running a marathon is not something you just ‘decide to do’ the night before a race. It takes training, patience and commitment. It requires physical endurance and mental tenacity. It requires good shoes. To finish a marathon is a true accomplishment. For many people it is life changing...." |
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A Marathon Odyssey Chapter Excerpt "My calf muscles felt like they’d just been pounded with a hammer, there was an angry aching alien moving around unpredictably in my left knee, and someone was playing the cello with my Achilles tendon. The lungs once filled with air seemed reluctant to provide any more. A strained contorted smile appeared on my face, indicating that an acupuncturist had placed 82 pins inside my mouth. I couldn’t go any further. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. I’d started training. ‘Training’ is a bit of a stretch. But there I was. An image that still sends shivers through the bone fragments in my knee. A beach in New Zealand. February, 2006. The sun streaming down, because there no other way for it to go. Waves crashing upon the shore as the cool pacific breeze, well, alright, gale actually, was doing everything to knock me down. People walking their dogs. Smiling at me with a touch of pity in their eyes. Their owners were doing the same. Had they realized I’d just run the entire length of the country? That would’ve been nice. Truth was I’d just taken an extremely long and painful time to run a very short distance. My first fifteen minute run in years. ‘My God’, I thought. Has it come to this? Apparently it had. ..." |
"It’s a great read. I myself was surprisingly (for me) motivated by it and I started my running in the gym this week. I’m so proud of myself because I ran for 10 minutes non-stop this morning on the treadmill!! I know that’s nothing for an ultra-marathoner such as yourself but for me it’s a big accomplishment!"
"Thank you SO much for those lovely books! They are just incredible and you did a wonderful job of capturing the event. The stories and photos provide an exceptional perspective on the whole experience - you really captured it!"
"Read about half your book so far…….fantastic!!! Makes me want to take up running. Seriously."
"Your book looks great! Started I really like the layout and the construction. Your writings are humorous but factual, current mixed with historic and I felt it read very easy. I actually feel I have learned things I only partially knew about marathon history."
"I received the book this morning, Thank You so much. I read it all today. Really great job! It is very inspirational, makes me look forward to getting out again. I have finally got rid of my bronchitis, after 4 months, and my foot is feeling great. I particularly liked the runners comments on the race and their varied and very interesting backgrounds. You also did a great job of describing the history and the beginnings of the marathon race, as well as the history of the Cayman Islands. Lots of humour sprinkled within the text, I liked that."
"Thank you SO much for those lovely books! They are just incredible and you did a wonderful job of capturing the event. The stories and photos provide an exceptional perspective on the whole experience - you really captured it!"
"Read about half your book so far…….fantastic!!! Makes me want to take up running. Seriously."
"Your book looks great! Started I really like the layout and the construction. Your writings are humorous but factual, current mixed with historic and I felt it read very easy. I actually feel I have learned things I only partially knew about marathon history."
"I received the book this morning, Thank You so much. I read it all today. Really great job! It is very inspirational, makes me look forward to getting out again. I have finally got rid of my bronchitis, after 4 months, and my foot is feeling great. I particularly liked the runners comments on the race and their varied and very interesting backgrounds. You also did a great job of describing the history and the beginnings of the marathon race, as well as the history of the Cayman Islands. Lots of humour sprinkled within the text, I liked that."