Running Wild: Through the Grand Canyon on the Ancient Paths

I first read "Running Wild" several years ago while recovering from a running injury and it not only gave me the confidence to come back from the injury but also became my running companion. I have since re-read it many times especially before an important race or when the reasons for training get blurry. For a runner it is a spiritual connection to the joy and mystery that running can be as well as historic proof of the origins of American running. John Annerino is an incredible man whose courage and love of the wilderness together with his deep spiritual committment to the land, it's history and it's people make "Running Wild" a masterpiece.

Read this incredible book. -Karimor International Mountain Marathon

I'm rereading RUNNING WILD - enjoying it even more. Hard to sit still - want to lace up and go.

This is truly an amazing book...of an equally amazing man

Running Wild was written in a way so as to capture the feelings that can overcome a person when he or she has an addiction to this kind of obsession.The obsession to run where no one else runs,to run when no one else runs (ie..blistering heat , biting cold)and to run farther than anyone else runs.The author does convey to the reader the reasons why he runs ,the mental euphoria ,the need to overcome physical pain,and of course loss of a loved one.What does seem to get lost in the translation is why we keep hearing about the ancient inner canyon pathway that the author is so adament about.I absolutely love the referance to the training runs that lead up to the BIG canyon runs.The detail about the scenery and conditions encountered filled my head with visions and feelings I'm all to familiar with.I am a resident of Tucson,Az. and a very avid trail runner and adventurer,the details expressed by John Annerinno in Runing Wild are some times more than enough to take the reader to theses remote hostile places,where you can take part in the pain and gratification of pushing your mind and body to the limit,and as the author puts it find your own Ancient Intercanyon Pathway.Dave Prosser Tucson, Arizona familiar with