Second wind [electronic resource] : seven marathons on seven continents / Cami Ostman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostman, Cami.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ostman, Cami.

Marathon running.

Runners (Sports)--United States--Biography.

Runners (Sports).

Women runners--United States--Biography.

Women runners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Seal Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Second Wind is the story of an unlikely athlete and an unlikely heroine: Cami Ostman, a woman edging toward midlife who decides to take on a challenge that stretches her way outside of her comfort zone. That challenge presents itself when an old friend suggests she go for a run to distract her from the grief of her recent divorce. Excited by the clarity of mind and breathing space running offers her, she keeps it up ? albeit slowly ? and she decides to run seven marathons on seven continents; this becomes Ostman's vision quest, the thing she turns to during the ups and downs of a n

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Beginning the Race; Europe; Together and Alone; Australia; In My Own Back Yard; North America; Panama City; Asia; Africa; Cobwebs and Casseroles; South America; Getting There; Antarctica; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-87805-0

9786612878053

1-58005-376-9

OCLC:

694729338