The Road to Sparta

I read Ultramarathon Man years ago, loved it, and was excited to sink my teeth into this book. The story of Pheidippides is remarkable, but I found Dean's writing in this book hard to get through. He mires the account with superfluous detail and commentary - spreading what can be conveyed in a paragraph into a whole page.

If you don't mind reading the same thing multiple times but with different adjectives (synonyms), then you will probably enjoy this book; there's a lot of interesting story hidden within. Just know that at times it will be a slog. I thoroughly enjoyed a couple chapters in the beginning, a few chapters in the middle, and maybe the last 40 pages (maybe 120 pages in total). I hope this helps!