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The Highway to Sparta is the story of the 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta that inspired the marathon and saved democracy, as informed - and experienced - by ultramarathoner and New York Times best-selling publisher Dean Karnazes. In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 time straight from Athens to Sparta to seek assist in defending Athens from a Persian invasion in the Battle of Marathon. In doing this he saved the introduction of European civilization and inspired the labor and birth of the marathon as we realize it. Even now, some 2,500 years later, that run stands enduringly as one of best physical achievements in the history of mankind. Karnazes in person honors Pheidippides and his own Greek traditions by recreating this historical journey today. Karnazes even abstains from modern-day endurance diet like sports refreshments and energy gels and eats only what was available in 490 BCE, such as figs, olives, and treated meats. Through vivid details and inside dialogs, The Highway to Sparta offers a uncommon glimpse in to the mind-set and desire of an extreme athlete during his most challenging and personal concern to date.
