Dean Karnazes 
The Road to Sparta 
Running in the Footsteps of the Original Ultramarathon Man

In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in history.
Dean Karnazes honours this achievement and his own Greek heritage by attempting this ancient journey in modern times. His account of running the gruelling Spartathlon, fuelled only by the figs, olives and meats available to Pheidippides, will captivate even the most sedentary readers.

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Dean Karnazes is the author of the
bestsellers
Ultramarathon Man, Run! and
50/50.
TIME Magazine called him one of the 'Top 100 Most Influential People in the World, ' and he has been featured in
Runner's World,
TIME,
Newsweek,
People,
GQ,
The New York Times,
USA TODAY,
The Washington Post,
Forbes, and many others. He's travelled the TV and radio circuits as well, logging miles on
The Today Show,
60 Minutes,
The Late Show with David Letterman,
CNN,
ESPN,
NPR's Morning Edition, and the BBC, among others. He lives in California.