Running wild

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From party king to extreme runner. As a DJ and concert organiser, Rafael Fuchsgruber led a wild and extremely unhealthy life – until he is a day with suspect of heart attack in the hospital. After that, he rolls up his life. Alcohol and cigarettes wander to the rubbish and it starts to run again at the beginning of forty. Just three kilometres are the first attempt. Today he is the most successful German extreme runner in the deserts of this world. Running wild biographically describes the life of Fuchsgrubers and his love of running. The exceptional athletes take the reader on his adventure runs into the deserts around the globe, relating to training or equipment questions and gives insight into his work at concerts with great artists. Fuchsgruber looks honestly and unprotected at wild and partially frightening times in his varied life. The journalist Ralf Kerkeling has accompanied Rafael Fuchsgruber and his runner career for several years for various running magazines. Together, the two describe his way from Rock 'n' Roll, alcohol and many parties to the extreme runner.