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將一隻腳放在另一隻腳前面,一步步跑出真正自由的道路!
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Running Man: A Memoir
Charlie Engle
Scribner
Sep. 2016
288pp
書籍編號:
03-8674
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● 內文簡介

★ 已授權美、英、捷、波語文!
★ 麥特戴倫監製紀錄片【決戰撒哈拉Running the Sahara】主人翁

世界級超馬跑者恩格爾(Charlie Engle)在這部坦誠真摯的回憶錄裡,紀錄了令人嘆為觀止的寰宇賽事,包括與台灣選手林義傑共同挑戰的不間斷橫越撒哈拉沙漠壯舉。更難能可貴的,他直言不諱道出跑步幫助他克服藥物成癮的心聲,以及遭受不公義牢獄之災的煎熬難關,有如融合《天生就會跑》(Born to Run)與《當時,我只剩下勇敢》(Wild)的動人自剖。

全書從恩格爾因財務問題入獄,抑鬱難平開始寫起(這個不尋常的司法爭議也獲《紐約時報》關注),書名「Running Man」其實正是恩格爾在獄中的綽號,因為在獄友眼中他就是默默在小操場無止盡跑個不停的怪人。原本恩格爾正準備參加艱困程度首屈一指的加州死亡谷「惡水超級馬拉松」,如今卻坐困囹圄,但是他決定默記里程數,用自己的方式參賽……

《Running Man》回溯了恩格爾接觸跑步的生命歷程。他曾有長達十年的時間深陷毒品與酒精,在一次連續六天的狂歡後險些因捲入槍戰而喪命,真正嚐到跌落人生谷底的震撼。在戒除成癮症後,他開始跑步,跑步成為他的救生索,他的休閒,他的救贖。他投入馬拉松的世界,當馬拉松已不足夠時,更進一步挑戰超級馬拉松。

超馬賽程可從35哩(約55公里)、50哩(約80公里)到長達幾百哩,經常要遠征嚴峻的極地環境,挑戰體能與意志力的臨界點。麥特戴蒙監製的紀錄片【決戰撒哈拉】(Running the Sahara)便是拍攝恩格爾、林義傑與加拿大選手Ray Zahab的團隊,完成破紀錄的4,500哩的長征,最後協助募得數百萬美元的善款。

恩格爾的知名度也引來不友善的關注,在頗受爭議的調查與審判後,他因貸款詐欺罪名入獄服刑十六個月。他在獄中埋首跑步的舉動一開始雖被視為異類,後來竟吸引其他受刑人紛紛加入行列,一同藉著跑步支撐他們在不人性的監獄環境中堅持,不輕易消沉。

《Running Man》情感真摯地道出恩格爾高低起伏、發人深省的生命故事,在挫敗與考驗中,他如何用最簡單的方法——將一隻腳放在另一隻腳前面——一步步跑出真正自由的道路,不斷觸碰人類耐力的臨界,並且超越它!

 

● 作者簡介

Charlie Engle is a world-renowned ultra-marathon runner, having won or placed in some of the planet’s most punishing long-distance footraces. In 2007, Matt Damon produced and narrated Running the Sahara, a film about Engle and his successful bid to become the first person to run 4500 miles across the Sahara Desert. Engle has been featured in Men’s Journal, Outside, National Geographic Weekend, Oxford American, Runner’s World, The Huffington Post, PBS’s “Need To Know,” NBC’s “Rock Center with Brian Williams,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He lives in North Carolina.

 

● 媒體報導

“Running Man is a fascinating story about a man who has shattered the limits of human endurance and lived life on the edge.” – (DEAN KARNAZES, endurance athlete runner and best-selling of author of "RUN! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss" and "Ultramarathon Man")

“Running Man will make you cry, laugh cheer out loud, redefine what you think is possible and leave you in awe. Most of all, it is a powerful and unfailingly authentic testimony to something we all share — what it means to be truly human.” (RICH ROLL, endurance athlete, best-selling author of "Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself")