GRT Marathon

Have you heard of the npr8? They’re a group of runners NPR is following as they train for the Boston Marathon. Watching their progress got me thinking about books for serious runners. Here are a few that come to mind:

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, in which the author trains with the legendary long distance runners of Mexico’s Tarahumara tribe.

Jim Axelrod’s In The Long Run focuses on the circumstances that got the author to start running in the first place – a crossroads in his personal and professional life.

In The Lure Of Long Distances, Robin Harvie delivers a philosophical exploration of ultramarathoning.

And Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a memoir about training for the New York City Marathon and writing. As the Times puts it, “For Murakami, long-haul running is not just a metaphor for the loneliness of the long-distance novelist; it’s pretty well synonymous with it.”

"Number one is just to gain a passion for running. To love the morning, to love the trail, to love the pace on the track. And if some kid gets really good at it, that’s cool too." - Pat Tyson