34-year-old Kenyan Paul Tergat has secured his place in the history books with his Marathon world record in Berlin at the end of September 2003. Today he is considered as one of the best runners of all time. At Olympic Games he won two silver medals, both times behind his friend and rival Haile Gebrselassie. This book will illustrate Tergat's way from an unknown runner in a tiny village in Kenya to the Marathon world record holder and Dollar-millionaire. It will show the triumphs and disappointments that formed him as a human being. He is still the man they call "a gentleman" not without reason. In "Running to the Limit" Paul Tergat will also tell a lot about his training program, e.g. in a special chapter about the famous Italian running school of Dr. Gabriele Rosa, who coached his first Kenyan athlete, Moses Tanui, in 1990, and nowadays has 200 Kenyan athletes under contract, among them some of the best Marathon runners in the world. Tergat will also give many training tips for everyday runners, because many of his hints and ideas hold true for record holders as well as for hobbyists. "Running to the Limit" is richly illustrated with colourful photographs, many of them as yet unpublished shots from Kenya.
About the Author
Jurg Wirz can claim for himself that he knows Paul Tergat like no other journalist. They first met in Nairobi in 1992, where Tergat participated at the national Cross-Championships for the first time. Since then, Wirz has visited him often in his home.
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"This marvellous book is a combination of biography and training manual - and much more. Very highly recommended."
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I bought this book because I am a avid fan of 5xWorld Cross Country Champion and Marathon record holder Paul Tergat. This was a quick read with the in-depth works of Paul Tergat's training and life. Overall, I found the book interesting, being that the world's greatest living distance runner shares his personal secrets of racing success.
However, the one thing that annoyed me about this book is that it lacked proper editing. It is as if the book was not edited at all-or thrown together to meet a a quick deadline. There is poor use of punctuation and grammer throughout the book (especially in the 2nd half). These are obvious errors such as pluralization and obvious miss-spelled words. I estimate I saw at least 50 errors in terms of writing style (I am not exaggerating!)
Moreover, for a book meant to be written for adults, the font was perhaps 14 or larger...grade school size-were the publishers trying to push more pages for the sake of more pages? The content is there, I respect Paul Tergat's great accomplishments, and it is a very interesting read; it just seems that the book was put together last minute... I'll keep it on my bookshelf and I'll probably read it again a couple more times...I just wish the editors put a little more effort into it. Content A-. Editing F.
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