Harrowing hallucinations. Flash floods. Sleeping in church parking lots. What sort of crazy race had this recent retiree volunteered for?Sometimes “ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things.” Real-life senior citizen Marc Frost dabbled in trail running for years. With his knees and feet slowly failing, he reaches a crossroads. The time has come to hang up his shoes and put his collection of last place finisher medals in a box. Instead, he signs up for a 332-mile ultramarathon featuring some of the country’s best distance runners. Through a combination of stubbornness and sleep deprivation, he reaches “The Rock” a week later as a surprise top finisher! Experience firsthand how haunting hallucinations and deadly deluges can be overcome by the average person with preparedness, determination, and kindness of “road angels.”
Details e-book A BLISTERING PACE
🗸 Author(s): Marc L. Frost M.D.
🗸 Title: A BLISTERING PACE: A RETIREE HALLUCINATES HIS WAY TO A FLABBERGASTING FINISH IN A 332 MILE ULTRAMARATHON
🗸 Rating : 5 from 5 stars (41 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
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🗸 Supported Devices: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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