article_snippet.sent: ultra runner’ Hawker would go on to become Britain’s
article_snippet.sent: Hawker’s more interested in why Hawker is able to push Hawker beyond normal limits, and how running makes Hawker feel.
article_snippet.sent: Hawker book is strong on Buddhist philosophy and the peace that comes with living fully in the now.
article_snippet.sent: Raised in Upminster, East London, Hawker says Hawker always felt a profound connection to nature.
article_snippet.sent: Hawker became a vegetarian aged five, and knew Hawker future lay in the mountains after Hawker first skiing trip to Zermatt when Hawker was six.
article_snippet.sent: Only a few years later, frustrated by the queue for the cable cars, Hawker threw Hawker skis over Hawker shoulders and beat Hawker family back down the mountain.
article_snippet.sent: Hawker feels the same about running.
article_snippet.sent: Hawker ran at weekends and after work, clocking an average time in the London Marathon and later winning a race across the fells.
article_snippet.sent: But after that first UTMB triumph, Hawker knew Hawker had found Hawker calling and
article_snippet.sent: Hawker renounced the world of employment.
article_snippet.sent: Sponsorship from The North Face helped fund Hawker travel to races around the world of employment.
article_snippet.sent: Though running makes Hawker feel ‘beautifully empowered’, Hawker has left Hawker with ‘unbeautiful’ feet.
article_snippet.sent: As Hawker writes (from Hawker temporary home in the Himalayas), Hawker faces the possibility of never running again.
article_snippet.sent: Six stress fractures to the bones of Hawker legs and feet may end Hawker career.
article_snippet.sent: But Hawker ends by quoting Hunter S. Thompson, who believed that: