At the age of 55, record-breaking ultrarunner Mimi Anderson embarked on her most ambitious adventure yet. She wanted to become the fastest woman in history to run across America from Los Angeles to New York. Her journey would cover 2,850 miles, 12 states and four time zones, dealing with extreme changes in terrain, weather and altitude along the way. For 40 days, the determined mother of three pushed herself on and on for more than 2,000 miles across the vast continent, despite the onset of severe pain, until she was forced to make a crushing decision: carry on and risk never...

Julius was taken from his home at the age of 11 and forced to become a child soldier. He overcame challenges that no child should face. After making two Olympic games and building a life in America, Julius returned to Uganda to help his communities who were suffering as a result of war. After their meeting, Eloise promised to fulfill his dream of restoring hope to his village in Northern Uganda after decades of civil war. Love Mercy sees a future where Northern Uganda is transformed through simple solutions to poverty.

In 2018, at age 55, Dean Karnazes went back to the Western States Endurance Run (WSER) in California, USA.Dean had completed this ultramarathon, infamous for its rugged terrain and extreme temperatures, 11 times in less than 24hrs between 1994 and 2006. Dean is more open and vulnerable in A Runner’s High than ever before, when he describes the most demanding competition of his life, a physical and emotional battle, confronting his age, his career path, and his life choices. For Dean, the running experience is about the runner and the trail. It is not the sum of achievements but a...

“People have to get out to nature! It’s calming, nature gives us life basically. I think it’s essential to our psyche to get out,” Marshall says. It’s the topic of his latest book “Both Feet on the Ground,” which came out in Spring 2019.He addresses how food, nutrition & common-sense play a big role in his athletic accomplishments and how his connection to agriculture and nature is the glue that ties it all together. With everyone sheltering at home, this is a great time to read Both Feet on the Ground. In addition to reading about some of Marshall’s exciting adventures in...

Consistency and joyful daily adventures are what lead to long-term health and happiness. With their book “The Happy Runner” David and Megan help you how setting meaningful goals goes a long way beyond the finish line, how Happy Running principles can get you better results, why failure should be on your checklist and plays an essential role in leveling up your running & life. They explain how to improve your running economy and to make running feel easier and more fun over time.

Katharine and David Lowrie decided to take on a continent and learn how to run again – barefoot, pushing their bodies and minds to levels they had never considered possible in a bid to become the first in the world to run the length of South America, to give a voice to the wildlife and wildernesses they adore. Running laid them bare, stripped them of the shell people journey within, so all they had to rely on was their own bare feet. Yet this very vulnerability provided the key to unlocking communities who would fling open their doors, tuck them...