"Winning is everything," was Coach Vince Lombardi's
advice and from the 1960s forward it became the
measurement of success for competitive athletes,
coaches and the media. But does winning really define
success? Is winning really everything? Writer and
runner Pam Cravez considers this question as she
follows around sports medicine doctor and guru to
Alaska's hard core athletes, Jay Caldwell. Caldwell
founded one of Alaska's most noted wilderness races
- Crow Pass Crossing - where athletes scale a
mountain and cross a frigid glacier-fed river in bear
country to become crowned winner. A modern-day Vince
Lombardi, Caldwell has no interest in losers. This
book bridges the distance between Caldwell's
definition of success and runners he calls
"wannabes," such as the author. It is a book for all
of those people who've laced up running shoes and
questioned why they ran. It's a book that explores
reasons to run that don't involve winning.