Book of Runners: On Running and Living - Softcover

O'Regan, Patrick E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150895285X ISBN 13: 9781508952855

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

What does running contribute to a life? Through profiles of 26 runners – Olympians, world record holders, outstanding masters runners – and 3 great coaches, Book of Runners examines the role of running in the great drama of the human condition. The six Olympians are paramount, but the profiles include a world record holder in the 50 mile run; a man who won 9,800 athletic awards; a guy who’s run every day for 35 years; a 96-year-old who worked out three hours a day, five days a week; three women who led the way for women in running; a guy who ran every street in Minneapolis at six minutes a mile; a woman who competed in five Olympic Marathon Trials, and some of the best masters runners around. A font of inspirational stories, a training manual, a poignant examination of the author's life of running, a coaching guide – Book of Runners is a multi-faceted look at running and living.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Running is one of several themes that run through my life. From the time I was a kid, growing up in a small town, I've loved to run. It's a pity that talent doesn't necessarily follow passion -- but it doesn't. But I ran, anyway -- through high school and college and graduate school, just loving the sense of being in motion and being fit. At work, I ran at noon. I'd run in any weather. I've also been a life-long lover of great books and writing. Making a living for many years as a business writer, I'd often sneak away and read for a time to refresh my soul. In the evenings, I'd write my own stuff. The Army slowed me down some. You can't run in the jungles of Vietnam. But I picked up where I left off the day I returned, and have been running ever since. I retired early to do my own thing -- writing novels, short stories and a memoir of my tour in Vietnam (called "Vietnam Revisited"). I just can't imagine my life without running. On the hardest days, I think, "Okay, but later I will run."

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 150895285X
• ISBN 13: 9781508952855
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 414
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