Reviews
"Beresini uncovers the growing sport's most compelling characters and provides the most authoritative insiders' guide to date." -- Outside Magazine "Beresini chronicles her personal journey as she prepares for her race, detailing the regimen and questioning, in an engaging, self-deprecating style, what such a sadistic undertaking says about the participants' sanity. A fascinating insider's view of endurance racing's latest craze." -- Booklist "Funny, fast-paced" -- American Way Magazine "Obstacle course racing has taken the endurance world by storm and in OFF COURSE Erin Beresini gives us an insider perspective into the conflict and appeal of these masochistic suffer-fests, culminating in her quest to complete the granddaddy of them all, the Spartan Ultra Beast. A must read for anyone currently competing in, or considering taking on, one of these newfangled racing events." --Dean Karnazes, bestselling author of Ultramarathon Man and 50/50 "Erin Beresini has gone gonzo. In OFF COURSE , she puts herself to the ultimate test in an obstacle racer's world of alphas and ultras, and Tough Mudders. Her narrative has humor and heart, and a carnival of characters. Her sharp reporting puts the reader there. By the end of her riotous narrative, I had to wipe mud from my glasses at least twenty-six times." -- Gary M. Pomerantz, author of Their Life's Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970's Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now, "Beresini uncovers the growing sport's most compelling characters and provides the most authoritative insiders' guide to date." --Outside Magazine "Beresini chronicles her personal journey as she prepares for her race, detailing the regimen and questioning, in an engaging, self-deprecating style, what such a sadistic undertaking says about the participants' sanity. A fascinating insider's view of endurance racing's latest craze." --Booklist "Funny, fast-paced" --American Way Magazine "Obstacle course racing has taken the endurance world by storm and in OFF COURSE Erin Beresini gives us an insider perspective into the conflict and appeal of these masochistic suffer-fests, culminating in her quest to complete the granddaddy of them all, the Spartan Ultra Beast. A must read for anyone currently competing in, or considering taking on, one of these newfangled racing events." --Dean Karnazes, bestselling author of Ultramarathon Man and 50/50 "Erin Beresini has gone gonzo. In OFF COURSE, she puts herself to the ultimate test in an obstacle racer's world of alphas and ultras, and Tough Mudders. Her narrative has humor and heart, and a carnival of characters. Her sharp reporting puts the reader there. By the end of her riotous narrative, I had to wipe mud from my glasses at least twenty-six times." --Gary M. Pomerantz, author of Their Life's Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970's Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now