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Call Of The Jungle: How a Camping-Hating City-Slicker Mum Survived an Ultra Endurance Race through the Amazon Jungle
Call Of The Jungle: How a Camping-Hating City-Slicker Mum Survived an Ultra Endurance Race through the Amazon Jungle
Call Of The Jungle: How a Camping-Hating City-Slicker Mum Survived an Ultra Endurance Race through the Amazon Jungle
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Call Of The Jungle: How a Camping-Hating City-Slicker Mum Survived an Ultra Endurance Race through the Amazon Jungle

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The Jungle Marathon is arguably the world’s toughest endurance race. The 254km multi-stage, unsupported ultra endurance race through the heart of the Amazon Jungle has unique challenges that no other race can provide, and testimonials from athletes who have completed it leave no doubt that the unforgiving and hostile environment of the Amazon Jungle is the ultimate endurance athletes challenge.
The route consists of river and swamp crossings in primary jungle, very steep climbs and descents, tracks through deep jungle areas where jaguars roam freely, and beautiful fluvial beaches that separate the Amazonian waters from the dense jungle canopy. The terrain is both stunningly beautiful and soul-destroying in its extremeness.
Amanda Barlow describes the agony and the ecstasy of her experience, as she becomes the first Australian female to have competed in the Jungle Marathon. Along with 76 competitors, from 22 different countries around the world, she leaves the comforts of home behind to spend a week racing through the deep Amazon Jungle with just a hammock and a backpack. Every day provides new challenges, unpredictable obstacles and formidable weather that will test her physical and mental resolve to their limits.
The ninth running of the Jungle Marathon would prove to be a race like no other, with a controversial finish to Stage 4 igniting a cascading sequence of events that no-one saw coming. The race director faces some tough decisions that would see her and her team working tirelessly through the night to re-route Stage 5 in an effort to protect the competitors from unpredictable dangers that were never meant to be a part of this race. The future of the Jungle Marathon hinges on the outcome of the final stages of the race and the revelations of what has transpired behind the scenes stuns the physically drained competitors, and in the next 24 hours will divide the loyalties of competitors and organizers alike. One thing is for sure – the runners who still remain in the race and cross the finish line of the 6th and final stage, will surely deserve their medal!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAmanda Barlow
Release dateMay 6, 2014
ISBN9781310441646
Call Of The Jungle: How a Camping-Hating City-Slicker Mum Survived an Ultra Endurance Race through the Amazon Jungle
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Amanda Barlow

Amanda Barlow is a recreational marathon runner who ran her first marathon in 2009, at the age of 49, at the London Marathon. Since then she has completed marathons on all seven continents, earning her an entry into the Seven Continents Marathon Club in November 2012, after running the following marathons: London and Gold Coast 2009, Barcelona and Marine Corps Marathon (Washington DC) 2011, Kilimanjaro Marathon (Tanzania), Great Wall Marathon (China), Inca Trail Marathon (Peru), and finally the Antarctic Ice Marathon in 2012. Prior to competing in the Jungle Marathon in October 2013, Amanda had run over 16 marathons, including the ill-fated 2013 Boston Marathon – which she later returned to complete in 2014. The running of the Jungle Marathon represented the 10th country she had completed a marathon in which gained her full entry into the Marathon Globetrotters Club. The 54-year old mother of three adult children works as a Wellsite Geologist on offshore oil and gas platforms and subsequently is confined to doing most of her training on a treadmill - or running round in circles on a helideck. While the 360° ocean views from the helideck are a peaceful backdrop for running, the repetitive tight circles can cause dizziness and one leg to become shorter than the other so her preference for longer runs is on the treadmill. A 30-year association with the Fitness Industry as an accredited group fitness instructor and personal trainer has fostered a strong research and anecdotal base for living a fit and healthy life well into middle age and beyond. Competing in "destination" marathons is Amanda's idea of a holiday, and with many more of the world’s natural wonders to explore, there will no doubt be many more marathons yet to run. The wonderful people she has met, and new friends she has made, have helped fuel her passion for keeping fit so she can continue to run around the world - literally!

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