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Running the Sahara

guest — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:32:40 GMT

Very cool, thanks!

Re: Running the Sahara

guest — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:18:12 GMT

I believe there's another thread from a few months back with a fairly exhaustive list of running books and movies. I'll see if I can find it sometime today and post a link.

Found it! Here you go: http://community.active.com/thread/176472

Don

Message was edited by: Don Matteson

Running the Sahara

guest — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:53:41 GMT

I will absolutely watch this. I think we maybe need to start a new thread to find other good stuff like this.

Running the Sahara

guest — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:42:40 GMT

Way cool movie, I saw that and then was recommended by Netflix: Ride the Divide (about mountain bikers riding from Canada to Mexico). Mind boggling what these ultra endurance athletes can do.

Running the Sahara

guest — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:26:08 GMT

If you have Netflix or the equivalent, watch this documentary...these guys ran the equivalent of 170 marathons in 110 days, without a single day of rest ....across the the upper African continent and straight through the Sahara Desert.

The reason I stuck it in the Newbie Cafe is that one of the runners, Ray Zahab, was a relative newcomer to running; and it had only been a couple of years before that he was a pack-a-day smoker and hard partyer, by his own admission.

Pretty inspirational stuff! Next time I think I am in "pain" during my C25K program, remembering these maniacs will help me push through what little discomfort I think I might be feeling.

Check it out and enjoy!