Great Races, Incredible Places: 100+ Fantastic Runs Around the World

By Kimi Puntillo

"Running the Mount Everest Marathon is like running in heaven." Kimi Puntillo has literally run around the globe to bring over 100 of the world's most entertaining, breathtaking, and unforgettable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553385321
• ISBN13: 9780553385328
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 0.6" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Places, and Some Races or Something

I've been enjoying reading this book. Even as a non-runner it's exciting to hear brief, unpretentious accounts of the world's grandest races. In fact, the non-pretentious tone is one of its most magnetic attributes paired with the ADD-friendly catigorical presentation of the races. This makes for digestible and clear, succinct, and intelligent observations (for all readers), helpful hints (for runners, and curious non-runners alike), points of interest (for all), factoids (all), mild wit and humor that shows a point of view (all), background (for non-runners, aspiring runners and newbies) and of course, etc. Puntillo scratched a particularly provocotive itch by including a relatively extended- in the way that a facebooker-dense culture does extended- six to seven page account of the Everest marathon; not a word wasted. I would have resented any less (and probably any more). I didn't know what to expect, and I am impressed, but more importantly, not bored and I learned some enriching facts if for no other reason to improve my Jeopardy game. And that is important.

Fantastic Book!

I quite enjoyed this book. Not much of a runner but do enjoyed all the adventure stories and a great read!

Bob's 50@50

If you love running and traveling, this is the book for you. Well written and great insight into each race. It makes you want to book your flight immediately.

The Ultimate Guide

This is a wonderful guide for adventurous travelers as well as seasoned runners. I would also recommend it to the mental traveler who wants to enjoy good stories about interesting people who step out of their comfort zones.