Table of Contents
Preface; Introduction; The Atlanta, Georgia, AJC Peachtree Road Race; How I Became a Runner by Bill Rodgers; Early Recollections of Running; The Runners’ Lunch; The Marathon: An Overview and Runner Perspective; What’s Too Heavy?; Run Your Own Race; What about Running Shoes?; What Type of Runner?; Running and New Places; The Running-Life Relationship; What Will Be Your Olympics?; Beware the Naysayers!; Making the Most of Your Surroundings; What Goes Up Should Come Down; More People Would Do It; Is Everyone an Expert?; Why I Still Run by Kent Scriber; Love the Process by Tony Cianciola; Crossing Paths; Looking Forward; You Can Go Home; Runners Are Everywhere!; The Running Cycle; Want to Win and Hate to Lose?; Ever Have a “Bad” Day?; Run Alone, with Another, or as Part of a Group?; Run with Someone and Never Run Alone; The Mechanics of Running; Ice!; The Day after the Marathon; Pre- and Post-Marathon Routines; Plantar Fasciitis; Running Keeps Us Grounded; A Special Fall Run by Lindsay Billings; What Running Means to Me by Cara Reilly; Marathon, My Sincere Friend by Sunjune Lee; Why I Run by Beth Whitehurst; A Time to Reflect; Reach out to Other Runners; Running the Canal Route by Geoff Martin; It’s a Family Affair; Are Runners Real?; Know Where the Dogs Are; What’s the Time?; Apricots?; The “Well-Rounded” Runner; “The Chairman of the Boards”; Is It in the Shirt?; What Would You Do?; Local Races; Are You a Clydesdale?; Drinking on the Run; The Dreaded Knee Injury; Starting Over; Kidney Stones!; Running with Deer; PRs Don’t Come Every Day; Moochers and Freeloaders; Running, Investing, and Instant Gratification; My Story on Running by John MacDonald; Running Competition; The Runner Inside; The Runner Escape; Remembering a Run and Visit with Mom by Tom Warren; Running through My Life by Margaret Marcinkowski; Time to Reset?; Superman; It Never Ends; Lock 32 Canal Park and Erie Canal; Running Free; Run-4 Miles-for Life; Some Final Thoughts; Dedication and Special Acknowledgments; Meet the Contributors;
