The Incomplete Book of Running

The Incomplete Book of Running

Peter Sagal, the host of NPRâ€™s Wait Wait...Donâ€™t Tell Me! and a popular columnist for Runnerâ€™s World, shares â€œcommentary and reflection about running with a deeply felt personal story, this book is winning, smart, honest, and affecting. Whether you are a runner or not, it will move youâ€ (Susan Orlean).

On the verge of turning forty, Peter Sagalâ€”brainiac Harvard grad, short bald Jew with a disposition towards heft, and a sedentary star of public radioâ€”started running seriously. And much to his own surprise, he kept going, faster and further, running fourteen marathons and logging tens of thousands of miles on roads, sidewalks, paths, and trails all over the United States and the world, including the 2013 Boston Marathon, where he crossed the finish line moments before the bombings.

In The Incomplete Book of Running, Sagal reflects on the trails, tracks, and routes heâ€™s traveled, from the humorous absurdity of running charity races in his underwearâ€”in St. Louis, in Februaryâ€”or attempting to â€œquiet his colonâ€ on runs around his neighborhoodâ€”to the experience of running as a guide to visually impaired runners, and the triumphant post-bombing running of the Boston Marathon in 2014. With humor and humanity, Sagal also writes about the emotional experience of running, body image, the similarities between endurance sports and sadomasochism, the legacy of running as passed down from parent to child, and the odd but extraordinary bonds created between strangers and friends. The result is â€œa brilliant book about runningâ€¦What Peter runs toward is strength, understanding, endurance, acceptance, faith, hope, and charityâ€ (P.J. Oâ€™Rourke).
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-10-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-10-30
Format	Kindle eBook

The Incomplete Book of Running

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