Book Talk

Ultra Marathon Man by Dean Karnazes is a book that makes you realize how far some people can push themselves. There is a foot race called The Western States a race where you run 100 miles in 24 hours. Just to qualify for this race you have to finish a full marathon in under
nine hours only the best runners are allowed to do it. there are many hazards along the way your health and body and mind are put to the ultimate test. along the race there are checkpoints along the way where vital sighns and and weight loss was taken. at a loss of 3% body weight significant dehydration, at 5% weight loss a runner may be nearly exhausted and will be scrutinized closely by medical staff. A 7% loss of body weight the runners would be withdrawn from the race due to high risk of heat exhaustion, hypothermia and increasing risk of dangerous impariment of body functions.
To run the races he ran is a sure feet of how far one can push ones self. After Dean cam in 15th his first time hes ran the first marathon to the south pole and ran aroung the pole butt ass naked to be one of the two first people to run around the world naked.

This book is a very will written book. It makes you think about your self and what youve been doing and makes you relize that the small petty things we worry about from day to day like is my hair loioking good or do my clothes match really dont matter all that matters is that you do what makes you happy and dont listen to people when they something cant be done go out and prove them worng