{"product_id":"and-then-the-vulture-eats-you-9780915297078","title":"And Then the Vulture Eats You","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe best writers in the sport of running take up a fascinating subject  the last frontier of long-distance events: races longer than a marathon . Who runs these 50-milers  100-milers  multi-day events  multi-event events? And why do they do it? And (okay  admit youre a little curious) whats it like to do one? James Shapiro  a long time ultra-runner  whose Meditations from the Breakdown Lane is a classic piece of running literature  begins by relating with heart-rending detail his experiences in a 6-Day Race in Swifts on the Wing. In To the Limit and Beyond  Kenny Moore takes you through a gut-wrenching experience in his first-person account of the Great Hawaiian Footrace  a horrendous 6-day ordeal that seemingly changes his life . Don Kardong  one of the wittiest and most personable writers in the sport  in Le Grizz goes the 50-mile distance at the infamous race that gives this piece its name. Along the way this former Olympic marathoner  like so many participants in these events  makes startling discoveries about himself. Ed Ayres  editor of Running Times  takes on the Western States 100 in Wings of Icarus  and the event turns out to be a kind of catharsis in his life. In Road Warriors  Hal Higdons report on his groups informal attempt to run across the state of Indiana is another kind of ultra tale: a light-hearted  self-imposed challenge that turns  like most ultra events  into a revealing spiritual odyssey. Tom Harts self-imposed challenge  to run a solo 37-miler on his 37th birthday  is the basis for his ultra story. He finds out  as do the others  that an effort on the magnitude of an ultra is more than a feat of endurance  it is a journey into self . John Parker ends with And Then the Vulture Eats You  an uproarious analysis of todays ultra runners (Mystic Ultras). Your sides will ache from reading his account of the war between the Track Men and the Mystic Ultras in the Jackson  Michigan Ultimate Runner contest  in which the entrants race a 10K  a 440  a mile  a 100-yd dash  a mile  and a marathon  all in the same day . If you are an ultra runner  have ever been even mildly curious about such events  or if you are just a lover of great writing  you will greatly enjoy this book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276673572917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0915297078","price":66.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780915297078.jpg?v=1780559995","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/and-then-the-vulture-eats-you-9780915297078","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}