Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners 101 Inspirational Stories of Energy, Endurance, and Endorphins

by Canfield, Jack; Hansen, Mark Victor; Newmark, Amy

• ISBN13: 9781935096498
• ISBN10: 1935096494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-13
• Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul

Summary

When runners aren't running, they are talking about running, planning their next run, shopping for running... This book contains 101 stories from runners... telling their stories to other runners... about how running has improved their lives, recovering from injuries, challenging themselves, and includes amazing stories of marathons, camaraderie, and the natural high that comes from this popular sport. Plenty of stories for triathletes too, covering swimming and cycling.

Author Biography

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are co-founders of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Amy Newmark is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Dean Karnazes is an internationally-known endurance athlete, speaker, and author.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Starting Out
The Circle Is the Only Geometry	p. 1
How I Found My Running Partner	p. 5
Real Runners	p. 9
The Side Effect of Fear	p. 11
Tale of a Former Slowpoke	p. 13
To Kingdom Come	p. 17
Dark Morning Running	p. 20
Taking a Leap of Faith	p. 23
The Jogging Mommy	p. 25
Who Knew?	p. 28
Running Therapy
The Sanctity of the Run	p. 35
Alive	p. 38
The Secret	p. 41
Moving Forward	p. 43
Changing Course	p. 46
Running Meditation	p. 48
The Marathon Miracle	p. 51
Full Circle	p. 56
To Celebrate	p. 59
How Motherhood Made Me a Better Runner and Vice Versa	p. 63
I'd Only Just Begun	p. 67
Camaraderie
The Kindness of Runners	p. 73
The Pre-Dawn People	p. 77
I Am a Hasher	p. 81
That Should Have Been a Left	p. 84
Cross Country Isn't for Wimps	p. 87
Running Blind	p. 90
Trail and Error	p. 94
Who Is Robert DeVille?	p. 97
Running with Geezers	p. 99
Give 'em the Knuckles	p. 103
Comebacks
The New York Marathon after 9/11	p. 109
Triumph Over Tragedy	p. 113
Racewalking	p. 118
The Warrior Woman	p. 121
Bumps in the Road	p. 123
A Runner	p. 126
Why I Run	p. 129
Dreams	p. 132
Through Grit Alone	p. 136
Deena Kastor	p. 140
Everyday Adventures
Miracle on the Run	p. 147
Nowhere to Go	p. 153
How Not to Jog	p. 156
Morning Run	p. 160
The God of the iPod	p. 162
Waterworks	p. 167
Keith's World	p. 170
The Truth about the Winter Runner	p. 173
Cleansing the Soul	p. 176
Initially I Was Alone	p. 178
Race Day	p. 180
Family Ties
The Best Race of My Life	p. 187
Running Home	p. 190
My Running Partner	p. 193
Recovered Memories	p. 196
T-Shirt Tales	p. 200
Cosmic Engineering	p. 204
Extreme Corps Marathon and Stars	p. 207
Saints at the Races	p. 212
Marathon Mom	p. 216
Sharing More Than a Jog	p. 219
A Step at a Time
Finding Inspiration in Each Other	p. 225
Running with the Wolf Pack	p. 229
The Lion's Prey	p. 231
Running for My Life	p. 234
From Smoking to Hot	p. 237
Inspired to Run	p. 240
The Most Dedicated	p. 242
The Shelf Curse	p. 245
First Step	p. 248
Fortitude
Listen to Yourself	p. 255
My Love for Ultrarunning	p. 258
40 on 40	p. 261
A Lesson in Running	p. 264
Changing My Story	p. 267
Running with Joy	p. 270
Running through Denial	p. 273
When Life Hands You a Lemon	p. 276
Heat Stroke	p. 280
To Finish the Race	p. 284
Mile 24	p. 287
Interesting Places
Push	p. 293
Women Can Run Too	p. 295
A New Road	p. 300
You Can Go Home Again	p. 303
You Can Run, But You Can't Hide	p. 306
The Granddaddy	p. 311
Footprints around God's World	p. 314
Each Step an Offering	p. 318
The Broken Toe	p. 323
Moving on to Triathlons
Ironman	p. 331
The Terror of Tri	p. 336
Racing with Heart	p. 339
In It to Finish	p. 342
Saying Boo to Cancer	p. 346
Tweny Years to Reach a Pipe Dream	p. 349
The Heart of an Ironman	p. 352
Racing Back	p. 357
Competing Voices	p. 360
Triathlete Grandma	p. 364
Meet Our Contributors	p. 367
Meet Our Authors	p. 382
Thank You!	p. 384
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