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Adharanand Finn
Adharanand Finn is a British author, journalist and podcaster. Finn's first book ''Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the secrets of the fastest people on earth'' was published in 2012. He moved with his family to Iten, Kenya to investigate what made Kenyan athletes so fast. ''Running with the Kenyans'' was named the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, whilst Finn won Best New Writer at the Sports Book Awards. In his second book ''The Way of the Runner: A journey into the obsessive world of Japanese running'', Finn moved to Japan to discover more about the running culture there and ''ekiden''. His third book ''The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A journey to the edge of human endurance'', about ultra running, was again shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. In 2024, Finn ran around Ireland over ten weeks, which will form the basis of his next book. Finn regularly writes for ''The Guardian'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
