Michael Crawley
Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia
Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia
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In "Running with the Kenyans," Michael Crawley spent fifteen months in Ethiopia training alongside runners of all levels to explore the country's running culture and success. The book is listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2021 and the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021 and has received praise from critics for its inspiring and insightful account of Ethiopian running.
Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 12 November 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021
Inspiring
The Guardian
Excellent
Runner's World
Fascinating
Publishers Weekly
Brilliant
Ed Vaizey
Through reading this book, you will come to understand that the heart and soul of running are to be found in Ethiopia.
Haile Gebrselassie
Engaging, warm, and humane... A delight
TLS
'Full of wonderful insights and lessons from a world where the ability to run is viewed as something almost mysterious and magical.'
Adharanand Finn, author of
Running with the Kenyans
'Ethiopia is a place where I have been told that energy is controlled by angels and demons and where witchdoctors can help you to acquire another runner's power.'
It is a place where an anonymous runner in the forest told me, miming an imaginary scoreboard and with a completely straight face, that he had dreamt that he would run 10km in 25 minutes.
It is a place where they tell me that the air at Mount Entoto will transform me into a 2.08 marathon runner.
It is a place, in short, of wisdom and magic, where dreaming is still very much alive.
Why does it make sense to Ethiopian runners to get up at 3am to run up and down a hill? Who would choose to train on almost impossibly steep and rocky terrain, in hyena territory? And how come Ethiopian men hold six of the top ten fastest marathon times ever?
Michael Crawley spent fifteen months in Ethiopia training alongside (and sometimes a fair way behind) runners at all levels of the sport, from night watchmen hoping to change their lives to world-class marathon runners, in order to answer these questions.
Follow him into the forest as he attempts to keep up and get to the heart of their success.
Weight: 562g
Dimension: 163 x 243 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472975324
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