Running Free by Richard Askwith

Running Free by Richard Askwith

Part diary of a year running through the Northamptonshire countryside, part exploration of why we love to run without limits, this book is an account of running in a forgotten, rural way, observing wildlife and celebrating the joys of nature.

A joyous, eloquent and lyrical account of one man's lifelong love affair with running.. Running Free is simply the prod you need to make you step off the pavement and into the wild -- Martin Love * Guardian *
Exhilarating -- Iain Finlayson * The Times *
A much needed breath of fresh air -- Alexandra Heminsley * Independent *
An escape from the stopwatch tyranny of PBs and split times, this is a reminder of how to run for sheer joy * Runner's World *
Intelligent, evocative, passionate and above all enjoyable -- Simon Redfern * Independent on Sunday *

Richard Askwith has been a journalist for over 40 years. He has written six previous books, including his modern classic on fell running, Feet in the Clouds, which won the Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards and was shortlisted for the William Hill and Boardman Tasker prizes, and he is now one of the UK's most celebrated writers on running. Running Free was shortlisted for the Thwaites-Wainwright Prize, and his evocative biography of Emil Zátopek, Today We Die A Little, was shortlisted in the Cross Sports Book Awards. His most recent book, Unbreakable: the Countess, the Nazis and the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race, won Biography of the Year at the Telegraph Sports Book Awards in 2020.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780224091978
ISBN 10	0224091972
Title	Running Free
Author	Richard Askwith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2015-03-05
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Short-listed for Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.