''Feet in the Clouds: a tale of fell-running and obsession'' is a cult 2004

fell running Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. The name arises from the origins of the English sport o ...

book by British journalist and author

Richard Askwith Richard Askwith is a British journalist and author. He is best-known for the cult 2004 fell running book '' Feet in the Clouds'', which won him the Best New Writer prize at the Sports Book Awards. The book was also shortlisted for the William H ...

. The book was shortlisted for the

William Hill Sports Book of the Year The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British sports literary award sponsored by bookmaker William Hill. The award is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing. It was first awarded in 1989, and was devised by Graham ...

and the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. It also won Askwith the Best New Writer prize at the

British Sports Book Awards The Sports Book Awards (previously National Sporting Club Book Awards then Telegraph Sports Book Awards) is a British literary award for sports writing. It was first awarded in 2003 as part of the National Sporting Club. Awards are presented in m ...

. It was first published by Aurum Press in 2004, and reprinted in 2005. A new edition was released by Aurum in 2013, with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane.

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Aurum Press books 2004 books Fell running {{sport-book-stub