Ebook: Run or Die
Author: Jornet Kilian
- Tags: Long-distance runners, Long-distance runners--Spain, Mountain running, Ski mountaineering, Skiers, Skiers--Spain, SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging, Biographies, Biography, Electronic books, Jornet Kilian -- 1987-, Long-distance runners -- Spain -- Biography, Skiers -- Spain -- Biography, Spain
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: VeloPress
- City: Spain
- Language: English
- epub
Shortlisted for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014
"The most dominating endurance athlete of his generation." — The New York Times
An exceptional athlete. A dominating force. An extraordinary person.
Kilian Jornet has conquered some of the toughest physical tests on the planet. He has run up and down Mt. Kilimanjaro faster than any other human being, and struck down world records in every challenge that has been proposed, all before the age of 25. Redefining what is possible, Jornet continually pushes the limits of human ability, astonishing competitors with his near-superhuman fitness and ability.
Born and raised at 6,000 feet above sea level in the Spanish Pyrenees, Jornet climbed an 11,000 foot mountain — the highest mountain in the region — at age 5. Now Jornet adores the mountains with the same ferocity with which he runs them. In Run...