Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia is 8th and 9th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 8 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
The estimated word count of Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia is 72,385 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 4 hrs 50 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 3 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 41 mins.
Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia - 72,385 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 8 hrs 3 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 4 hrs 50 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 41 mins |
for Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia
'Inspiring'The Guardian'Excellent'Runner's World'Fascinating' Publishers Weekly'Through reading this book you will come to understand that the heart and soul of running are to be found in Ethiopia.' Haile Gebrselassie'Full of wonderful insights and lessons from a world where the ability to run is viewed as something almost mysterious and magical.' Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans 'Ethiopia is a place where I have been told that energy is controlled by angels and demons and where witchdoctors can help you to acquire another runner's power. It is a place where an anonymous runner in the forest told me, miming an imaginary scoreboard and with a completely straight face, that he had dreamt that he would run 10km in 25 minutes. It is a place where they tell me that the air at Mount Entoto will transform me into a 2.08 marathon runner. It is a place, in short, of wisdom and magic, where dreaming is still very much alive.' Why does it make sense to Ethiopian runners to get up at 3am to run up and down a hill? Who would choose to train on almost impossibly steep and rocky terrain, in hyena territory? And how come Ethiopian men hold six of the top ten fastest marathon times ever? Michael Crawley spent fifteen months in Ethiopia training alongside (and sometimes a fair way behind) runners at all levels of the sport, from night watchmen hoping to change their lives to world class marathon runners, in order to answer these questions. Follow him into the forest as he attempts to keep up and get to the heart of their success.