the unforgiving hours

The Unforgiving Hours

By Shannon Hogan

 

 

  • Lynne Cox breaking the record for swimming across the English Channel at age 15
  • Jeanne Goussev, along with teammate Kelly Danielson, leading the first all-woman sailing team to win the Race to Alaska
  • Yuichiro Hidaka dreaming of eating potato chips while running the Boston Double for the fourth time
  • John Stamstad voyaging to Alaska for an all-night February bike race in the bush of the Last Frontier
  • Gunhild Swanson running the Western States 100 Endurance Run five days shy of her seventy-first birthday
  • Gordon Wadsworth racing the hardest mountain bike race in the world while opting for only one bike gear
  • Melissa Kegler training for two years to break the American Ice Mile Distance record in 39.2ºF water
  • Chris Jones embarking on The Last Great Race—six 100-mile ultramarathons to be completed over the course of one summer
  • And Seana Hogan, the current cycling transcontinental female record holder (set at age 35) fighting the race clock and father time to finish Race Across America at age 60

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Released: April 2025
Price: $28.95

ISBN-10: 1646047796
ISBN-13: 9781646047796

Hardcover
6x9
272 pages

Rights Available:
World English

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