Ergebnis für "Laufen" in Reisen & Tourismus

Abenteuer Langstreckenwandern – 12.700 Kilometer zu Fuß. Als Christine Thürmer gekündigt wird, beschließt sie, sich eine Auszeit zu nehmen und auf dem Pacific Crest Trail von Mexiko nach Kanada zu wandern – 4277 Kilometer. Eigentlich unsportlich und ohne Erfahrung bricht sie zu ihrem Abenteuer auf und schafft es tatsächlich bis ans Ziel. Und sie wandert weiter, läuft 2007 den Continental Divide Trail und 2008 den Appalachian Trail.

After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races, Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his life he moved from Devon to Iten, in Kenya, to eat with, interview, sleep beside and - most importantly – run with, some of the greatest runners in the world. In the distance rests his dream, to join the best of the Kenyan athletes in an epic first marathon across the Kenyan plains.

Growing up in the Canadian Rockies, the mountains have always been home for Jenny Tough. Travelling the world, she's always discovered commonalities with mountains—and mountain people. Her major project is to run solo and unsupported across a mountain range on every continent where indigenous mountain people live isolated from the outside, urban world. Running solo and unsupported comes with obvious logistical as well as physical challenges, but running is also a common language.

Ein Reisebuch für alle, die im Baltikum waren oder dorthin wollen. Ein Abenteuerbuch für alle, die selbst ihre sieben Sachen packen und etwas unternehmen wollen. Ein Laufbuch für alle, die selbst Erfahrungen auf langen Läufen machen. Mit Kapiteln zur Gesundheit und Ernährung unterwegs. "Das Abenteuer Baltikum ist mein ganz persönlicher Lebenslauf. Er hat mich für immer verändert. In 107 Tagen reiste ich in Laufschuhen entlang der Ostseeküste von Stralsund nach Tallinn. Ohne Begleitung konnte ich mich ganz der Natur, den Menschen und ihren Kulturen widmen.

In the spring of 2021, as the UK's latest pandemic lockdowns were lifted, Nick Butter set out from the Eden Project to become the fastest person to cover every mile of Britain's mainland coastline on foot. Battling the most extreme winds Britain had seen in 100 years, days of torrential rain and the unrelenting hills of Western Scotland and Cornwall, Nick suffered two broken bones and countless injuries, whilst taking on two marathons a day, every day, for 100 days.

Becoming Forrest is the incredible story of Englishman Rob Pope, a veterinarian who left his job in pursuit of a dream—to become the first person ever to complete the epic run undertaken by one of Hollywood’s most beloved characters, Forrest Gump. After his momma urged him “to do one thing in life that made a difference”, he flew to Alabama, put on his running shoes, and sped off into the wilderness.

Sie fahren vom Trafalgar Square mit dem berühmten Routemaster-Bus der historischen Linie 15 zur St Paul's Kathedrale. Sie fahren über die Strasse Strand und die Fleet Street, das alte Zentrum des britischen Pressewesens. Sie steigen an der Kathedrale aus und überqueren die Themse an der Millennium-Brücke.

An arduous childhood. A devastating divorce. A desire to run. A passion for people. Caren’s focus was to become FIT. She decided to run a marathon on every continent, as remote as she could get. The pursuit became so much more than the distance of miles. This book is about grasping hold of the outdoors and what can happen when you make running an active part of who you are. It’s about meeting cultures and learning to help in real ways. It’s FINDING that our heart might be our strongest muscle.

At the age of nine, Jamie's family feared he would never walk again. Twenty years later, he set off to run 5,000 miles coast to coast across Canada. When Jamie decided to repay the hospitals that saved his life as a child, he embarked on the biggest challenge of his life: running the equivalent of 200 marathons back to back, solo and unsupported, in 40 degree weather, surviving all kinds of injuries and traumas on the road and wearing through 13 pairs of trainers. And he did it all dressed as the superhero the Flash.