The Incomplete Book of Running

The Incomplete Book of Running

â‚¬Å“Sagal has created a new genreâ‚¬"the five-minute-mile memoir. Combining commentary 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 you.â‚¬Â â‚¬"Susan Orlean

In the midpoint of life, I found myself lost, in a dark place. So I tried to figure out exactly how many miles I had run to get there...

So begins The Incomplete Book of Running, a funny, wise, and powerful meditation about running and life from Peter Sagal, longtime columnist for Runnerâ‚¬s World and the host of NPRâ‚¬s Wait Wait...Donâ‚¬t Tell Me!, that shares stories, advice, and warnings heâ‚¬s learned over his long and checkered career on the pavement.

Just before turning forty, Sagalâ‚¬"brainiac Harvard grad, short bald Jew with a disposition toward heft, and sedentary star of public radio who had exercised sporadically as a teenagerâ‚¬"started running seriously. A decade later, what began as a simple mission to keep himself healthy had evolved into fourteen marathon finishesâ‚¬"including one in Boston in 2013, where he crossed the line only moments before two bombs went offâ‚¬"and tens of thousands of miles on roads, sidewalks, paths, and trails all over the United States and the world. Running was an important part of his life, but it wasnâ‚¬t until he experienced a personal crisis that he realized it had become a mode of survival.

In these pages, Sagal writes with humor and insight about the moments that have changed the way he sees the relationship between life and sportâ‚¬"from running a charity race in his underwear (in St. Louis, in February) and attempting to â‚¬Å“quiet his colonâ‚¬Â while taking a lap in his neighborhood to volunteering as a guide for visually impaired runners, causing a scandal by sneaking onto a course midrace, and making his triumphant post-bombing return to Boston in 2014. He also dives deep into the emotional experience of running, body image, the similarities between endurance sports and sadomasochism, the legacy of the sport as passed down from parent and child, and the odd but extraordinary bonds created among strangers and friends sharing the road. As time goes on and his mileage increases, he realizes that the only way to overcome obstacles is simply to keep running through them.

Candid, clear-eyed, and frequently hilarious, The Incomplete Book of Running is about more than just a man and a sport. It is a field guide to life, a collection of lessons centered around all those things that keep us moving forward: hope, persistence, practice, and love.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1-c endpapers; 1 b&w photo thru-out
ReleaseDate 2018-10-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451696240

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	1-c endpapers; 1 b&w photo thru-out
ReleaseDate	2018-10-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451696240

The Incomplete Book of Running

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