Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration - From 5K to the Marathon

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration - From 5K to the Marathon
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ian Mortimer
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreFitness and diet
Marathon and cross-country running
ISBN/Barcode 9781786859464
ClassificationsDewey:796.424092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
Imprint Summersdale Publishers
Publication Date 14 March 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

You might run for fitness. You might run for speed. But ultimately, running is about much more than the physical act itself. It is about the challenges we face in life, and how we measure up to them. It is about companionship, endurance, ambition, hope, conviction, determination, self-respect and inspiration. It is about how we choose to live our lives, and what it means to share our values with other people. In this year-long memoir, which might be described as a historian s take on Haruki Murakami s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, the celebrated historian Ian Mortimer considers the meaning of running as he approaches his fiftieth birthday. From injuries and frustrated ambitions to exhilaration and empathy, it is a personal and yet universal account of what running means to people, and how it helps everyone focus on what really matters.

Author Biography

Ian Mortimer is a prize-winning historian and novelist, the author of twenty books, best known for his bestselling Time Traveller s Guides to Medieval and Elizabethan England and Restoration Britain. He lives with his wife and family in the small town of Moretonhampstead, in Dartmoor National Park, Devon.