Ed Ayres
Ed Ayres (born circa 1941[1]) is an American writer, editor, environmentalist and ultramarathon runner. He is the founding editor and publisher of Running Times magazine[2][3] and former editor of Worldwatch,[4] a bimonthly global-trends magazine. David M. Shribman states that Ayres has "inspired athletes worldwide and reshaped our ideas about endurance and sustainability.[5]
Ayres grew up in the New Jersey towns of Berkeley Heights and Westfield [1]
He placed third in the first New York Marathon in 1970, and won the 1977 JFK 50 Mile.[6]
In 1999, Ayres wrote God's Last Offer: Negotiating for a Sustainable Future in which he discusses four trends which he says threaten society: global warming caused by carbon dioxide, mass extinctions, a surge of consumption, and a population explosion.[4] Publishers Weekly stated that "Ayres dismantles the perceptual obstructions that block our awareness of a crisis" but that he "comes up short in offering specific solutions"[4] while Goodreads said that the book "presents a blueprint for a radical shift of policies and priorities to avoid a cataclysm".[7]
In 2010, he was co-author of Crossing the Energy Divide: Moving from Fossil-Fuel Dependence to a Clean Energy Future (Prentice Hall).
Goodreads called his book The Longest Race (2012), an autobiography covering his attempt to run a 50-mile ultramarathon at age 60, an "urgent exploration of the connection between individual endurance and a sustainable society."[8] Kirkus said that his " broad-ranging interests and accumulated wisdom will appeal to a wide readership, not just runners and environmentalists".[3]
Ayres is a paleo- vegetarian[9] Ayres and his wife, Sharon, have a daughter.[1]
Selected bibliography
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References
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