Bill Donahue is an independent journalist who has written for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Men’s Journal, Runner’s World, the Washington Post Magazine, and more. He is the author of Runaway: How a Slave Defied America’s First President and a three-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Awards gold medal for adventure travel writing.

If you've ever felt the endorphins kick in after an hour or two of running or biking, if you've ever bonked after three or four hours of cross-country skiing or, um, pogo sticking, or if you've ever sat in the couch and wondered why on earth people do things like that—this is the book for you. It's a beautiful exploration of the quirky transcendence that endurance provides!

Bill Donahue is an independent journalist who has written for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Men’s Journal, Runner’s World, the Washington Post Magazine, and more. He is the author of Runaway: How a Slave Defied America’s First President and a three-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Awards gold medal for adventure travel writing.

If you've ever felt the endorphins kick in after an hour or two of running or biking, if you've ever bonked after three or four hours of cross-country skiing or, um, pogo sticking, or if you've ever sat in the couch and wondered why on earth people do things like that—this is the book for you. It's a beautiful exploration of the quirky transcendence that endurance provides!

Bill Donahue is an independent journalist who has written for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Men’s Journal, Runner’s World, the Washington Post Magazine, and more. He is the author of Runaway: How a Slave Defied America’s First President and a three-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Awards gold medal for adventure travel writing.

If you've ever felt the endorphins kick in after an hour or two of running or biking, if you've ever bonked after three or four hours of cross-country skiing or, um, pogo sticking, or if you've ever sat in the couch and wondered why on earth people do things like that—this is the book for you. It's a beautiful exploration of the quirky transcendence that endurance provides!