My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon

I picked up My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon, by Bart Yasso on a bit of a whim. I had just finished Again to Carthage and was finding books on running to be rather inspirational. So, while perusing Amazon, I saw this book and decided to purchase a copy. As an avid reader of Runner's World, I am familiar with Bart Yasso and decided to give it a shot. Soon after receiving it, however, I pulled a muscle in my right leg rather badly and had to take some time off running. I found the idea of reading books about running while being unable to run rather depressing, so this book sat on the shelf for a while.

I picked it up maybe four days ago and have managed to read it fairly quickly, despite being in professional staff training for approximately 12 hours a day. However, I have recently started running ago (no more than 3 miles, and at dreadfully slow paces), so I thought the book might prove to be somewhat inspirational as I make my return to running. I really enjoyed Bart's conversational writing style and the stories he chose to tell. He talks about being unathletic and wanting his father's approval (something to which I can loosely relate), his addition with drugs and alcohol (and how running saved him), as well as memorable trips around the globe to run races. The back of the book also has recommended training plans from Bart and a list of suggested races to run, both domestically and abroad.

All in all, it was a good book to ease me back into running and provide some inspiration. It even fueled my wanderlust and desire to find interesting races to run in unique parts of the world.

My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insight of a Road Racing Icon