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My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
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Bart Yasso, Kathleen Parrish
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Product Details
- Author: Bart Yasso, Kathleen Parrish
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- Binding: Hardcover
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- Dewey Decimal Number: 796.42092
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- EAN: 9781594869419
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- ISBN: 1594869413
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- Label: Rodale Books
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- Language: English
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- Manufacturer: Rodale Books
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Number of Pages: 288
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- Product Group: Book
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- Publication Date: 2008-05-13
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- Publisher: Rodale Books
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- Release Date: 2008-05-13
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- Studio: Rodale Books
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- Title: My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
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Product Description: Dubbed the "Mayor of Running," Bart Yasso is one of the best-known figures in the sport, but few people know why he started running competitively, how it changed his life, or how his brush with a crippling illness nearly ended his career a decade ago. With insight and humor, My Life on the Run chronicles the heatstroke and frostbite, heartache and triumphs he’s experienced while competing in more than 1,000 competitive races during his nearly 30 years with Runner’s World magazine. Yasso gives valuable and practical advice on how to become a runner for life and continually draw joy from the sport. He also offers practical guidance for beginners, intermediate, and advanced runners, such as 5-K, half-marathon, and marathon training schedules including his innovative technique known as the Yasso 800s. Recounting his adventures in exotic locales like Antarctica, Africa, and Chitwan National Park in Nepal (where he was chased by an angry rhino), Yasso recommends the best exotic marathons for runners who want to grab their passports to test themselves on foreign terrain. With the wit and wisdom of a seasoned insider, he tells runners what they need to know to navigate the logistics of running in an unfamiliar country. Yasso’s message is this: Never limit where running can take you because each race has the potential for adventure.
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Customer Reviews
Inspiring!
This book, captures the essence of what a runner can experiance, and hope to be. Bart is a great story teller, who's compassion and grace shines through!
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Awesome Book
I loved reading Yasso's book. I didn't want it to end, and it is a book I will reread. Yasso both inspired me and entertained me.
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Good Travel Read
All in all, I thought this book was very entertaining. I am an intermediate runner, who loves to hear the experiences of other runners. The stories contained are all well written and entertaining. This will motivate current runners to try and experience new races and novice runners to get off the coach.
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Funny, wise, then funny again
I loved this book! It made my plods along the local trail seem so much more meaningful knowing that the sport can lead to such amazing experiences. And it made me look forward to what stories my own running will bring.
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Don't even think of not reading this...
It's been a special several months for running months. Late last year, Ben Cheever's STRIDES came out and now Yasso's book.
Less polished than Cheever's book but every bit as special, buy it if you're a runner and buy it for a runner if you're not - they will THANK you.
Many people say they have the greatest job in the world, but through these pages Yasso makes you believe he deserves the honor and - even more so - makes you see that he believes he deserves the honor. Simply put, a classic from a classic.
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