Life Is a Marathon
A Memoir of Love and Endurance
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Narrated by:
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Jamie Renell
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Written by:
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Matt Fitzgerald
About this listen
Step after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past pain, lost toenails, 5.30 am start times, The Wall? Sports writer Matt Fitzgerald set out to run eight marathons in eight weeks across the country to answer that question. At each race, he meets an array of runners, from first timers, to dad-daughter teams and spouses, to people who'd been running for decades, and asks them what keeps them running. But there is another deeply personal part to Matt's journey: his own relationship to the sport--and how it helped him overcome his own struggles and cope with his wife Nataki's severe bipolar disorder.
A combination of Matt's own How Bad Do You Want It? and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Life Is a Marathon captures the magic of those 26.2 miles. At the end of the day--and at the end of the race--the pursuit of a marathon finish line is not unlike the pursuit of happiness. You will pick up the book for a powerful personal story about what running does for the people for whom it does the most. You will put it down with a greater understanding of what it means to be alive in this world.
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—Jen Miller, author of Running: A Love Story
—Scott Douglas, author of Running is My Therapy, Advanced Marathoning, and several other running books
self centered egotist but enjoyed the stories he told of the people he encountered.
Fitzgerald is a jerk but a good storyteller
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Quite enjoyable
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More so much more then I expected!
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