50/50

This book only works because it was read by the author. Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states. Since I'm poleaxed by one marathon in one state in one year, I was eager to learn his secrets. Rest well and race in cold weather, he tells us, and then goes without sleep before the Desert Classic Marathon in Phoenix, which is run at 103 degrees. Cross-train, he says, and then runs 26.2 miles every day. Clearly the secret to running like Dean Karnazes is to be Dean Karnazes. Which for all but one of us is out of the question. At least we get to hear his voice. Which is so friendly and so enthusiastic that I forgave him immediately. B.H.C. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine