![]() ![]() ![]() A decade later, what began as a simple mission to keep himself healthy had evolved into fourteen marathon finishes-including one in Boston in 2013, where he crossed the line only moments before two bombs went off-and tens of thousands of miles on roads, sidewalks, paths, and trails all over the United States and the world. ![]() Just before turning forty, Sagal-brainiac Harvard grad, short bald Jew with a disposition toward heft, and sedentary star of public radio who had exercised sporadically as a teenager-started running seriously. So begins The Incomplete Book of Running, a funny, wise, and powerful meditation about running and life from Peter Sagal, longtime columnist for Runner’s World and the host of NPR’s Wait Wait.Don’t Tell Me!, that shares stories, advice, and warnings he’s learned over his long and checkered career on the pavement. So I tried to figure out exactly how many miles I had run to get there. In the midpoint of life, I found myself lost, in a dark place. Whether you are a runner or not, it will move you.” -Susan Orlean Combining commentary and reflection about running with a deeply felt personal story, this book is winning, smart, honest, and affecting. ![]() “Sagal has created a new genre-the five-minute-mile memoir. ![]()
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