Personal Record A Love Affair with Running |
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| Author:
| Toor, Rachel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-3426-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Imprint: | Bison Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Personal Record, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner's life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, and the watch are all essential to the runner, as readers discover here, and discover why.
Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Personal Record, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner's life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, and the watch are all essential to the runner, as readers discover here, and discover why.