
Running Hot
Lisa Tamati(Author)
Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-1-877505-09-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley in the United States is one of the world's toughest races. In 2008, Lisa Tamati was the first New Zealand woman to compete in the race, running alongside such legends of the sport as Dean Karnazes and David Goggins.
But Lisa's story is so much more than that one race. At the age of 19 she suffered a crippling back injury and was told she should give up running. She took that as a challenge and, with her Austrian boyfriend, went on to run, walk and bike her way across thousands of kilometres of Europe, Scandinavia and Africa before taking on the ultimate challenge - an unassisted crossing of the Libyan Desert.
What happened in the desert would change the course of Lisa's life and instil in her a love of desert running. Running Hot is a story of a life lived to the max, complete with challenges, setbacks, heartbreaks and triumph.
But Lisa's story is so much more than that one race. At the age of 19 she suffered a crippling back injury and was told she should give up running. She took that as a challenge and, with her Austrian boyfriend, went on to run, walk and bike her way across thousands of kilometres of Europe, Scandinavia and Africa before taking on the ultimate challenge - an unassisted crossing of the Libyan Desert.
What happened in the desert would change the course of Lisa's life and instil in her a love of desert running. Running Hot is a story of a life lived to the max, complete with challenges, setbacks, heartbreaks and triumph.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Auckland, N.Z.
New Zealand
Illustrations
2 x 8pp b+w photos
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-877505-09-6 (9781877505096)
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Person
Lisa Tamati is an internationally renowned ultramarathon runner who lives in New Zealand.