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"A Runner's High" by Dean Karnazes

book review by Riley Burnham 8/29/2023

oooooh so good(!)

h-h-h-highly recommend this one

an ultramarathoner -- er, Ultramarathon Man -- giving us an inside scoop at his perspective

the book starts w/ Dean in the dirt, shocked, thrown, discombobulated...

then the story harkens back -- we get his family -- mother & father -- wife, son, daughter...

we meet some of Dean's friends; his co-athletes, which he praises the bond of

we get some awesome psychology of attrition, w/ his pushing on & tough, stern plodding

a particular charm in this story is a narrative device wherein a "what if" scenario unfolds: Dean's son asks him a question, & in his fatigue, he imagines a scenario of meaningful letdown & devastation -- me the reader reeling; then we snap back to reality w/ the question being presented, & the answer is then of course VERY clear: KEEP GOING

i loved this one, & look forward to reading "Ultramarathon Man" -- MAYBE even aspiring to run again 😁