About the book: 2021 / "Why am I doing all this? Why have I been for twenty years, having slept for three or four hours, get up before dawn, eat muesli and banana in the dark and slip out into the morning cold - to run, drive, swim somewhere? In his novel, the famous scientist, journalist and amateur athlete Sergei Medvedev shares his experience of life in sports, showing that working with the body is an important part of self-knowledge and acceptance of one’s unity with the universe. From exciting reports from extreme races, swims and ski marathons around the world to philosophical reflections on physicality in the 21st century, the book incorporates many eras, countries and genres of storytelling, but at its center the same romantic hero, “the man running”, remains invariably ", for whom the body is an inexhaustible source of joy. Sergei Medvedev is a professor at the Free University in Moscow, publicist, television and radio presenter, author of the book “Park of the Crimean Period”».