Ultramarathon Man (Revised)

Confession of an All-Night Runner

De: Dean Karnazes

Narrado por: Michael Braun

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner helped introduce the world to ultramarathoning. Now, after three decades of running ultramarathons across the globe, Dean Karnazes is still going strong. This updated and revised edition includes an afterword full of the lessons he’s picked up along the way. He gives personal details on the essential pillars of health—fitness, diet, and sleep.

What does he eat, what supplements does he take, and what kind of mattress does he sleep on? Aging well takes work, and the man who hasn’t stopped is sharing the tips and learnings that have kept him going, mile after grueling mile.

Ultramarathon Man is Karnazes’ story: the mind-boggling adventures of his nonstop treks through the shoe-melting inferno of Death Valley, the lung-freezing ferocity of the South Pole, and the awe-inspiring beauty of the towering peaks and craggy canyons of the Sierra Nevada.

With an insight and candor rarely seen in sports memoirs, he reveals how he navigates the solitary, manic, self-absorbed life of extreme ultrarunning with a full-time job, a wife, and two children, and how running has made him who he is today: a man with an ironclad body, a teenager’s energy, and a champion’s wisdom.

©2005, 2023 Dean Karnazes (P)2023 Recorded Books

Amazing book!

Great story and inspirational. Thank you Dean K for this journey you took me on!

Inspiring

This book is inspiring. Love the humor in the book too. Read beautifully with personality.

Very inspirational

Great listen quite funny in places. Go Team Dean. Thank you for sharing your journey

New runner

Loved the story of perseverance of the mind and heart over the body and the reason of why to run.

Awesome book!

Great content and narrator. Held my interest. Very inspiring. I liked it a lot. Highly recommend.

Same book as one narrated by Dean himself

I got this book to see if there was some extras compared to the one narrated by Dean himself and while a few details changed it’s basically read word for word the same as the original narrated by Dean. Personally I think Dean did a far better job. If you see the one with the big yellow lettering on the title get that one. I can’t seem to find it on here now though. Great book you will love the stories and self reflection in this book! Now I got two copies 🤣

must read.

this book is so good and inspiring I've read it twice! A must read for any one at any stage of there life looking for inspiration to do better, be better.

If you’re a runner, get this book. You won’t regret it

I’ve read many books on running and ultra marathon running and I think this may stand out as one of, if not the best in terms of story.

I most recently finished Scott Jurek’s Eat & Run; which in my opinion, was mediocre at best. If you enjoyed that book, you will love this one. Dean Karnazes shares a wildly intriguing story, devoid of any ego.

I found myself laughing, gasping, wincing, cheering, grinning from ear to ear, shaking my head in disbelief, and at many times being profoundly moved.

Even if you’re new to running, I highly recommend Ultramarathon Man. It will undoubtedly give you inspiration for whatever distance and the motivation to persevere, even when your tank is empty.

It’s so good in fact, that I’ve already begun listening to it again.

Self

I’m glad I am a runner, I think I am in that world, if I wasn’t, I wouldn’t like this self-absorbed listen

The motivation

love this story and Dean himself. He is great a story teller. This book has funny parts where I laughed so hard it hurt. To a part or 2 that almost make you a little sad. This book and Dean's others have all made me want to keep pushing to become a better runner and just more motivation for the difficulties of life itself.