To Be a Runner

by Dugard, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781609611088
• ISBN10: 160961108X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-10
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

As 30 million passionate Americans know, running is more than a sportit's a way of life. This book, from master storyteller Martin Dugard, will help all readers live that life to the fullest. Spinning colorful yarns of his running and racing adventures on six continentsfrom competing in the Raid Gauloise to coaching his kid's cross-country teamDugard considers what it means to truly integrate the activity into one's life. Using insight, philosophy, and instruction, he shows how the simple act of buying a new pair of running shoes, for example, connects us with the universal human desire to excel. As entertaining as it is provocative,To Be a Runnerwill delight and inspire everyone from treadmill warriors to ultramarathon athletes.

Author Biography

MARTIN DUGARD has been a leading authority and writer on running and endurance sports for more than 20 years. His work has appeared extensively in Runner’s World, Outside, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and GQ. His books include the New York Times bestsellers The Last Voyage of Columbus and Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone. This is his seventh book.

Table of Contents

Prologue Reason to Believe	p. xi
First Steps
First Steps	p. 3
Base Miles	p. 9
Excuses, Excuses	p. 17
A Time for Stretching	p. 23
Just Once …	p. 29
Easing into It
Slow Going	p. 39
New Shoes	p. 43
Smooth	p. 49
Keep It Up	p. 55
Wild Things
Fore!	p. 63
The Wild Place	p. 71
Hills	p. 79
Perseverance
Ice Baths	p. 89
Thunder Thighs	p. 95
Run Dates	p. 101
Deep Thoughts	p. 107
Middle Distance
Pamplona (Part I)	p. 115
Pamplona (Part II)	p. 123
House of Pain (Part I)	p. 131
Digging Deep
House of Pain (Part II)	p. 139
Pamplona (Part III)	p. 143
The Good Fight	p. 149
Saipan	p. 155
Bell Lap
Weather or Not	p. 165
Tough Guy	p. 171
A Breather	p. 181
Homestretch
Bruised and Battered	p. 191
Time and Again	p. 197
The Mecca	p. 203
Endorphin Rush
The Price You Pay	p. 213
The Beer Truck	p. 219
Superheroes	p. 225
Epilogue: Time to Race	p. 231
Acknowledgments	p. 237
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