The Unforgiving Hours

  For readers of Born to Run and Endure, athlete and journalist Shannon Hogan brings to life the inspiring stories of athletes who have pushed themselves through the “unforgiving hours” to achieve endurance sports greatness and redefine modern outdoor adventuring.How far can you go? What is your limit? Are competing in an ultramarathon at age 70, sailing from Washington State to Alaska without a motor, swimming the English Channel at age 15, and running the Boston Marathon in reverse and then turning around to race it conventionally really terrible ideas? In The Unforgiving Hours, Shannon Hogan dives into the world of endurance sports by taking us on the journeys of unheralded athletes tackling extraordinary quests in creative ways, proving what is possible and attesting to the patient drive, mettle, adaptability, passion, humor, and grit that exists in all of us.Through the stories of improbable athletic challenges—some well-known and some only passed around watering holes and campfi