Category Archives: Adventure

Why We Run paperback launched at Hull TEDx

Consider the following. You are hanging to the side of a vertical rock face having spent 10 days climbing 1200 metres straight up. It has taken 3 attempts to get this far, and there are 50 metres to the top, … Continue reading

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Perchance to Dream (with apologies to Jonathan Franzen)

In my day job as a book publisher, we have been taking something of a kicking over the last few year with declining markets and the realisation that our competitors are no longer other publishers but Angry Birds and The Wire. More … Continue reading

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Coming to America

With the launch of the UK edition of Why We Run safely navigated, this week saw the US edition hit the stands under the title The Lure of Long Distances. There are no plans yet to celebrate with a Double … Continue reading

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The countdown for the 2011 London Marathon begins

Happy New Year, all you runners out there. Particularly to those who are training for the London Marathon for the first time. With 3 months and 12 days to go, the clock is really starting to tick. When talking about … Continue reading

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