Running marathons and collecting countries is a serious hobby and passion among a small but elite group of runners in the world. It requires Passion, Determination and Obsession!
This book is about a club, the Country Marathon Club and its support for 136 Members spanning 6 continents and 26 countries to share their passion and obsession. Fort-seven members from 20 countries contributed articles that share their memorable marathons and travel experiences, and describe the impact of such a passion on their lives.
All world records in the new sport of Country Marathon Running are held by these members and authors of this book. (Verlagstext)
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Prologue | 10
Greeting Message by Paco Borao | 12
Experiences of the Long Distance Runners – Malcolm Anderson | 14
Introduction | 23
Experiences of the Country Marathon Club Members
Singapore Marathon 2018 – Highlight of my four-week marathon tour through Southeast Asia by Anton Reiter | 26
Running a World Record 100th Country by John Wallace | 40
My most dangerous marathon by Brent Weigner | 48
Experience the world on the move – countries, people, sights and marathons by Klaus Westphal | 56
Running 100+ Countries as a couple by Peter Bennett and Yen Nguyen | 64
The happiest runner on the planet by Janos Kis | 70
Midsummer feeling at a hot marathon in Vienna in April 2018 by Tenho Lauri | 80
Panama – my 100th marathon country and the way there Dr. Jürgen Kuhlmey | 86
A reluctant record run by Dan Micola | 96
Marathons in more than 100 countries by Vagn Kirkelund | 106
Act your age – 100 marathon countries at age 72 by Lichu Sloan | 112
My road, my dreams, my record by Wjotek Machnik | 122
Pyongyang Marathon 2017 – my greatest marathon victory feeling ever by Unto Peltoniemi | 136
Anticipation is the greatest joy by Mario and Doris Sagasser | 144
How to be addicted to marathon running or collecting marathons in different way by Jürgen Sinthofen | 150
I’m back by Peter Maier | 158
My slow running country marathon history by Toshinori Watanabe | 166
Exercise my whole life | 180
Life begins at the end of my comfort zone by Ernst Fink | 188
From a couch potato to a marathon collector by Jorma Kurittu | 196
Antarctic marathon 1997, the southernmost race in the world by Stefan Schlett | 202
Running marathons – a counterbalance to entrepreneurship by Reino Uusitalo | 214
Broadening my horizons by John Lum Young | 220
The world of Z adventures by Ziyad Rahim | 224
Laos, a gorgeous ordeal by Gertjan Lahuis | 232
The birth of Ile-Ife heritage marathon by Dayo Akinbode | 242
My introduction to the Country Marathon Club by Yasunori Arikawa | 248
One night in Bangkok by Jörg Chittka | 254
Some like it cold by Helmut Linzbichler | 260
Kathmandu marathon 2005 – a race under exceptional conditions by Michael Weber | 268
The 5th Casablanca Marathon – the beginning of a wonderful friendship by Mirko Leffler | 276
Negril Reggae Marathon, first Saturday every December by Franz Schwegler | 282
Jinshaling great wall marathon, China, 2019 by Jens Schlosser | 290
Trans Gaule 2007 – running across France by Dietrich Eberle | 298
Change in plans by Donald Bierer | 308
Comrades Ultra Marathon – back to back by David Holmen | 316
It’s not about the running running running by Osy Waye | 328
Grodno-Druskininkai cross-border marathon, Belarus/Lithuania by Jack Brooks | 334
In it for the long run – the favourite marathon by Sunny Schippers | 340
Running marathons around the world while being gay by Budiaman Tang | 346
The 2019 Melbourne marathon and a surprise meeting with old soccer friends by Liam Smith | 352
Boston to Big Sur – 2 marathons within weeks on 2 US coasts for #400 by Christoph Randt | 258
The First Everest marathon by Scott Mclvor | 364
Marathoning in the Faroes in a paramedic anorak by Karsten Köhler | 378
My entry to the Country Marathon Club at the 2018 Vilnius Marathon by Clem Mertens | 384
My second New York City Marathon like no other by Pierre Convert | 392
Bali Marathon 2019 – our honeymoon by Outi Peltoniemi | 398
Experiences of the Country Club Members by Anton Reiter | 404
Appendices
Epilogue by John Wallace | 419
Members List of the Country Marathon Club | 420
Acknowledgments | 424