{"product_id":"9780062973276","title":"Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHeinrich, Bernd\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEcco\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/6\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn\u003cbr\u003eaward-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his\u003cbr\u003elong-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart\u003cbr\u003ememoir, part scientific investigation, \u003cem\u003eRacing the Clock \u003c\/em\u003eis\u003cbr\u003ethe book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his\u003cbr\u003eentire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and\u003cbr\u003eultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich\u003cbr\u003elooks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved\u003cbr\u003erelationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do some bodies age differently than others? How\u003cbr\u003emuch control do we have over that process and what effect, if any, does being\u003cbr\u003eactive have? Bringing to bear research from his entire career and in the spirit\u003cbr\u003eof his classic \u003cem\u003eWhy We Run\u003c\/em\u003e, Heinrich probes the\u003cbr\u003equestions of how we use energy and continue to adapt to our mutable\u003cbr\u003esurroundings and circumstances. Beyond that, he examines how our bodies change\u003cbr\u003ewhile we age but also how we can work with, if not overcome, many of these\u003cbr\u003echanges—and what all this tells us about evolution and the mechanisms of life,\u003cbr\u003ehealth, and happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRacing the Clock \u003c\/em\u003eoffers\u003cbr\u003efascinating and surprising conclusions, all while bringing the reader along on\u003cbr\u003eHeinrich’s compelling journey to what he says will be his final race—a\u003cbr\u003efifty-kilometer race at age eighty. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42938052051199,"sku":"9780062973276","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062973276_s600x595.jpg?v=1780331104","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780062973276","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}