The Pants of Perspective: One woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand (Anna's Adventures)

Mcnuff, Anna

ISBN 10: 1999765877 / ISBN 13: 9781999765873

Published by Anna McNuff, 2020

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Seller Inventory # 1999765877-3-33156190

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Pants of Perspective: One woman's 3,000 ...

Publisher: Anna McNuff

Publication Date: 2020

Binding: paperback

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

OVER 1,000 - 5-STAR REVIEWS ★★★★★

This is the Large Print Edition of the book - with font size 16pt. 

★★★★★ "A thrilling coming of age journey that'll make you yearn for adventure" - RUNNER'S WORLD

★★★★★ "Beaming with limitless positivity and ambition" - WOMEN'S RUNNING

★★★★★ ”A story that inspires others to blaze a trail." - THE GUARDIAN

★★★★★ "She's rough, she's tough, she's Anna McNuff!"- PAUL ROSS, TALK RADIO

★★★★★ "This is travel with a difference... Anna McNuff is one of the most influential travellers of our time" - CONDÉ NAST TRAVELLER

BOOK DESCRIPTION

"When I ran, I ran for pleasure. I didn’t run for times, to win, to impress: I ran for me. When I ran my bum cheeks rubbed together, so much so that if I was going on a long run I’d have to ‘lube up’. I maintained that I was not a ‘real’ runner – I just liked to run so that I could eat cake."

Anna was never anything like those ‘real’ runners on telly – all spindly limbs, tiny shorts and split times – but when she read about New Zealand’s 3,000-kilometre-long Te Araroa Trail, she began to wonder… perhaps being a ‘real’ runner was overrated.

Maybe she could just run it anyway?

Travelling alone through New Zealand’s backcountry for 148 days, she scrambled through forests, along ridge-lines, over mountain passes, along beaches and across swollen rivers. Running up to 52 kilometres in a day, she slept wild most nights, and was taken into the homes and hearts of the kiwi people in between.

The Pants of Perspective is a witty, colourful and at times painfully raw account of a journey to the edge of what a woman believes herself to be capable of. It is a coming-of-age story which will lead you on a roller coaster ride through fear, vulnerability  courage and failure. For anyone who has ever dreamt of taking on a great challenge, but felt too afraid to begin – this story is for you.

♥ The books in the 'Anna's Adventures' series can be read in any order ♥