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Angeles Crest: A Memoir
by Michael Modzelewski
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited (FL) (2000-04-01)
ISBN: 0966062590
EAN: 9780966062595
Dewy Decimal #: 920
Hardcover: 261 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: T070709-4166
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: Inscribed/signed by author. Like new book. Like new condition. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
At the starting line of The Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run, a reporter asked entrant Michael Modzelewski: "How long have you been training for this race?" "All my life," the runner replied without hesitation. And it's an inspiring and entertaining life that Modzelewski describes in this memoir. Along with a 'timeline' description of what it's like to run 100 continuous miles through wild country, the author weaves in growing up in the value-laden Midwest; youthful rambles through Europe and the American West; and working as an adventure travel writer, seeking out the offbeat and unusual in exotic places around the world. Angeles Crest is about Family: reuniting with an estranged brother as they run the ultramarathon together, supported by the love of a famous father. Infused with a protective passion for Nature, the author describes the effects of varied landscapes upon the human psyche. There are many close encounters with wildlife, including alligators in the Everglades, elephants in Africa, pumas in Patagonia, and a transformative Dream-Bear that helps explain to Modzelewski his astonishing experiences with an Angel and Extraterrestrials. Angeles Crest is a tour de force, showing a man not only tapping the depths of human potential by running 100 miles, but also in exploring the mysteries of the universe, the author finishes with answers for us all.
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Customer Reviews
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loved the part about the Angeles Crest 100
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-01-24
The parts of this book about the Angeles Crest 100 were great. I could not get into the stream of consciousness elements that are 90% of the book. I tried, but ended up skipping them and reading the parts about his 1989 sub 24 hour performance at AC. Not sure I gave it a real chance, but after a couple of pages, it seemed self indulgent. But, his race report was very good
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Garbage
Rating (2)
Date: 2006-12-05
2 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Pros:
1. Anybody that can complete a 100 mile run has my respect whether he can write or not.
2. When he chooses to actually write about running every 25 pages or so, it is pretty good.
3. This one cracks me up - when he goes from the garbage stuff to the running stuff, he changes type faces. It's more of a bold font. His writing is still pathetic, but at least he tells me where the better stuff is.
Cons
1. This book isn't about running, its about some sort of religion thing. Running is just his means of talking about his religion thing.
2. I just finished reading Dean Karnazes book, Ultra Marathon Man. What a terrific book: short sweet and to the point. Then I pick up this piece of trash. How depressing ! Dean's book just made this "book" appear that much worse
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Drab & boring in places
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-07-27
2 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I can't agree with the sweep of 5-star ratings. This book has it's moments, but at times it was so slow and boring. Don't know how it ranked this high.
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To The Max
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-04-25
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
After reading "Angeles Crest" I know now that there's a difference between living and being ALIVE. Mr. Modzelewski exudes life-force, courage, humor, and rare sensitivity in not only running 100 miles -- but in not being afraid to answer the very questions of our existence. That's it. No more smoking, eating junk -- I'm lacing up a new pair of running shoes and hitting the trails, with an open heart and mind to all of life's possibilities. Thank You, Michael Modzelewski.
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A Man for the Future NOW
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-06-20
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Angeles Crest is pure bliss! Michael Modzelewski opened the Door with his first book, Inside Passage and here he runs through that door into a world we all should be living in, if we only we had the courage to open our minds to explore and accept "paranormal" worlds existing in parallel universes around us. WOW, Michael! You've taken your potential as a writer and a man and with this book blown it up sky-high and soul-deep. Michael Modzelewski is the prototype of the man for the future NOW. He operates on "all cylinders" -- and then some!!
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