the incomplete book of running by peter sagal

The result is a funny, wise, and powerful meditation about running and life that will appeal to listeners everywhere. The Incomplete Book of Running (Large Print / Library Binding). The Incomplete Book of Running By:Peter Sagal Narrated by:Peter Sagal Everything in my life changed and running was sort of this constant. With humor and humanity, Sagal also writes about the emotional experience of running, body image, the similarities between endurance sports and sadomasochism, the legacy of running as passed down from parent to child, and the odd but extraordinary bonds created between strangers and friends. Louis, in February - or attempting to “quiet his colon” on runs around his neighborhood - to the experience of running as a guide to visually impaired runners and the triumphant post-bombing running of the Boston Marathon in 2014. In this book, Sagal reflects on the trails, tracks, and routes he’s traveled, from the humorous absurdity of running charity races in his underwear - in St. Peter Sagal, The Incomplete Book of Running. And much to his own surprise, he kept going, faster and further, running 14 marathons and logging tens of thousands of miles on roads, sidewalks, paths, and trails all over the US and the world, including the 2013 Boston Marathon, where he crossed the finish line moments before the bombings. That, if you run enough miles, with enough dedication and the right kind of mindset, if you accept the limitations of whats possible but refuse to accept the rutted path of whats painless, if you keep at it, if you keep going, you can become what it was you were meant to be. Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s Wait Wait.Don’t Tell Me! and a popular columnist for Runner’s World, shares lessons, stories, advice, and warnings gleaned from running the equivalent of once around the Earth.Īt the verge of turning 40, Peter Sagal - brainiac Harvard grad, short, bald Jew with a disposition toward heft, and a sedentary star of public radio - started running seriously.

The incomplete book of running by peter sagal