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Lisa's story is a fascinating read - not just for runners, but anyone who sets personal goals that stretches their imagination. As a runner myself, I enjoyed the insights Lisa shares of the extreme footraces she has raced in around the world and the various hurdles overcome to complete them. Great stuff!

I'm a middle-aged and weak (like a normal m-age person), but I like to run and I'll like to test myself from time to time. This book was easy to read (even though my language skills are not good - my native language is Estonian). I read the book before I met Lisa and before the running event in Sahara in 2010. I got to know about her - why she is such as she is and the book helped me to understand himself, ultra running (theme) and survive in desserts (bad news - I don't learned about it; good news - I have one more person to care and admire).
Indeed - the book is not step by step instructions for running. Indeed, the book does not radiate enthusiasm and excitement (and unfortunately there's no talk of hot sex or politics). But whether a person's life is just a great joy and happiness (without politics and other crap)? I read this book and discovered that my life is still very good and easy. Probably I can do a lot more than I thought.

One of the reasons why I bought this book was because everything I was reading about ultrarunning was from the US. Lisa Tamati is a New Zealander and I'm and Aussie, and it's easier to identify with her because of the close relationship our countries, and cultures, have. Irrespective of this connection, I wasn't disappointed in this book.

Lisa's story is honest, engaging, inspirational. I found it hard to put the book down, voraciously wanting to learn whatever I could about what led her to ultrarunning, what traits and experiences and values and opportunities came together to produce the accomplished endurance athlete that she is. Even better, she does this without the false modesty that distractingly comes across in other ultrarunners' stories.

This has been one of the most influential books inspiring my own dreams about becoming an ultrarunner.

There are few books in my life that I could not finish, but this will be one of them... it has to be one of the worst books I hve ever read. Besides the fct that is is terribly written, there is no inspiration to be gleaned from a situation were one is constantly just gutting it out because they feel indequate or weak. ANYONE can push themselves to an extreme point with this level of insecurity. Along with the insecruity you are fed one crappy experience after another, a crappy bike, crappy boyfriend, a bike crash, a broken back, rotten weather, a torn tent, bad trips to Hungry, bad food a restuarnt fire, lung cncer then death in the family.... the book is one big clamity after another... I keep waiting for her to get fed up , get some real gumption and LEAVE make potivie changes SOMETHING, but it didn't hppend before I just couldn't read anymore.... purchse and read at the risk of being flant out DEPRESSED.