![]() "That support has been the foundation of my running career. "I really put an emphasis on trying to capture the emotions that my family and I have experienced over almost three decades of doing this together," Karnazes told Reuters in an interview. It is far more than a dry racing diary, however, as it delves into his internal motivations and how the remarkable support of his friends and family have been so essential to his continuing success. Ostensibly it is the story of his return to the Western States 100 miler in rugged California terrain, one of the toughest events on the calendar. How he has learned to embrace this stage in his remarkable career as he turns 59 next month is described in forensic and moving detail in his latest book, "A Runner's High - Older, Wiser, Slower, Stronger". He has since published several more books and has an extraordinary record that includes 350 miles in 80 hours without sleep, 3,000 miles across the U.S., 148 miles in 24 hours on a treadmill and countless race victories, including twice winning the 135 mile Badwater Marathon across Death Valley. Karnazes is widely credited with helping fuel the rise of ultra-distance running through his million-selling 2006 book "Ultramarathon Man". states in 50 days, it is somehow reassuring to the mere mortal to see that Dean Karnazes can still make the most basic of rookie mistakes. ![]() LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - As one of the most accomplished endurance athletes of all time, a man who knocked off 50 marathons in 50 U.S.
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