{"product_id":"9781909943087","title":"Walk: Going The Distance!","description":"On January 1st 2015 ultra-distance race-walker, Richard McChesney announced that his goal for the year was to break four national long-distance race-walking records ranging from 100 miles to the greatest distance walked within a 48 hour period. \u003cp\u003eThis is the personal account of his training and racing during 2015 in his quest to break those records. It is a story that incorporates the drama of races ranging from 100 miles around a hilly street circuit, three days around a dusty track and a trail race from Birmingham to London along the Grand Union Canal plus much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard considers himself an ordinary everyday type of guy with a normal job, a family, and a passion to push himself to the limit. After taking up long-distance race-walking in 2012 Richard had completed three races of 100 miles or longer before setting his ambitious goals for 2015. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid he achieve those goals? All is revealed in his book \u003cstrong\u003eWALK - Going The Distance! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome quotes from the book: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I was in serious pain every time I lifted my foot off the ground and every time I put my foot back down again\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"... another 6 hours of this torture was not a pleasant thought\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"... in a 24 hour race you start to lose all sense of time\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"... went the wrong way and ended up in a graveyard at 2am\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"... my fast walking was faster than all but 46 runners between 71 and 91 miles. I was on fire!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"... and for the next six hours I was expelling all the food I had consumed during the day at 20 to 30 minute intervals\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"It was like I was on auto-pilot now. A very slow auto-pilot...\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"For the first time in 15 or more hours I felt good!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"He asked me to repeat what I had just said as he thought I said I had walked 145 miles!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"With daytime temperatures of up to 39 degrees and night time temperatures in the 20's, this was definitely the hottest race I have ever competed in\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________________________________\u003cp\u003eHopefully the quotes above have inspired you to read my book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a consolidation of the race reports I have written from my five major races in 2015 - all between 100 miles and three days in distance - as well as my thoughts on my training throughout 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting this book has being a form of therapy for me. A kind of a debrief after a long hard year as well as an opportunity to reminisce - remembering both the highlights (like walking from Birmingham to London down the Grand Union Canal and walking laps of a 1,000 meter circuit in France for three consecutive days) and the hardships (you will have to read the book to find out more about the hardships). I have written this book during a period after my last race when I would rather be out walking but need to give my body and mind time to recover before I start training for what promises to be a huge 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI also wanted to write this to show you what you can achieve. I haven't really done anything special. I have simply gone for some very long walks - and then written and reflected about them. Hopefully some of the people that read this might be inspired to chase their own goals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I am hoping that I might sell a few copies of this book in order to earn some money to help fund my races for next year. But more about that later in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks in advance for buying a copy. I hope you enjoy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strictly Business Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040058425584,"sku":"9781909943087","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909943087_p0.jpg?v=1763627067","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909943087","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}