With an exuberant mix of passion, insight, instruction, and humor,
best-selling author - and lifelong runner - Martin Dugard takes a
journey through the world of running to illustrate how the sport helps
us fulfill that universal desire to be the best possible version of
ourselves each and every time we lace up our shoes. To Be a Runner
represents a new way to write about running by bridging the chasm
between the two categories of running books: how-to and personal
narrative. Spinning colorful yarns of his running and racing adventures
on six continents - from competing in the infamous Raid Gauloises to
coaching his son's high school cross-country team - Dugard considers
what it means to truly integrate the activity into one's life. For
example, how the simple act of buying a new pair of running shoes can be
a source of meaning and hope. As entertaining as it is provocative, To
Be a Runner is about far more than running: It is about life, and how
we should live it.