
'There is a lot of connection between running and dancing' - author questions with Michael Crawley
Published on Apr 14
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<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"> <strong>Michael Crawley</strong> is a runner, writer and social anthropologist based in Durham. He has been a runner for over 20 years, and ran a 2:20 marathon in 2018. His first book, <em>Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia</em>, documents his time living and training alongside runners in Ethiopia, while his latest book, <em>To the Limit: The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas</em>, takes a similarly immersive approach, featuring overnight bike rides, ultra marathons and runs into sweltering canyons in Mexico. Here he faces questions from a live audience over Zoom.</p> <p class="p1">Podcast host <strong>Adharanand Finn</strong> is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/thewayoftherun...