Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia - Michael Crawley

Crawley, Michael: - Michael Crawley is an anthropologist and writer based in Edinburgh. He runs a 2:20 marathon. In 2019, Michael was awarded a PhD in anthropology by the University of Edinburgh, following ESRC funded research, living and training alongside runners in Ethiopia. He has written for the Guardian and appeared on the popular Marathon Talk podcast. In 2018 he was invited to give the closing keynote at the annual conference of the world governing body of athletics, the IAAF. Alongside his anthropological work, he won a 2018 Handa Foundation fellowship to run a project to help struggling Ethiopian runners to retrain in other running-related professions.