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Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love with Running
"I was a youthful Zephyr, flying with the wind in my face, fleet of foot and bold of spirit.
But 35 years later I have a sorrowful confession to make.
I hate running.”
*sobbing*
Follow Tony Markey's 30-day challenge to see if he can fall back in love with running. If you're a runner, you'll appreciate Tony's rookie challenges and surprising insights. If you're a non-runner, you'll appreciate his humor and the way he wrestles with motivation and focus.
His 30-Day experiment starts with a firm set of rules and ends with running in the Seattle Half-marathon.
For runners and non-runners alike, an enjoyable read with plenty of anecdotes to keep the narrative moving.
"Markey gets through his 30-day experiment, huffing and puffing, but emerges a marathon runner...[Re-Run is] quick and easy, and along the way, the scenery is good, and the company is fun. In the long haul, he has created a 210-page metaphor for the attainment of any worthwhile goal, making Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love With Running a worthwhile read." - Linda Lee Greene(@llgreeneauthor)
Tony Markey is a runner. Haha, just kidding. He’s a hack. An absolute running hack. Not in a “life hack” way, but more like in a “hey slow guy, you suck!” way. He’s an old fat guy that hopes that he doesn’t have to be fat and slow forever. Still, he's not getting any younger. And he shares his collected wisdom so others can follow in his footsteps. Only not exactly in his footsteps, because that would take forever. Like, figuratively in his footsteps. Or like, in front of his footsteps.
Tony lives near Seattle with his wife and three kids, one of which tolerates him. They take turns.
But 35 years later I have a sorrowful confession to make.
I hate running.”
*sobbing*
Follow Tony Markey's 30-day challenge to see if he can fall back in love with running. If you're a runner, you'll appreciate Tony's rookie challenges and surprising insights. If you're a non-runner, you'll appreciate his humor and the way he wrestles with motivation and focus.
His 30-Day experiment starts with a firm set of rules and ends with running in the Seattle Half-marathon.
For runners and non-runners alike, an enjoyable read with plenty of anecdotes to keep the narrative moving.
"Markey gets through his 30-day experiment, huffing and puffing, but emerges a marathon runner...[Re-Run is] quick and easy, and along the way, the scenery is good, and the company is fun. In the long haul, he has created a 210-page metaphor for the attainment of any worthwhile goal, making Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love With Running a worthwhile read." - Linda Lee Greene(@llgreeneauthor)
Tony Markey is a runner. Haha, just kidding. He’s a hack. An absolute running hack. Not in a “life hack” way, but more like in a “hey slow guy, you suck!” way. He’s an old fat guy that hopes that he doesn’t have to be fat and slow forever. Still, he's not getting any younger. And he shares his collected wisdom so others can follow in his footsteps. Only not exactly in his footsteps, because that would take forever. Like, figuratively in his footsteps. Or like, in front of his footsteps.
Tony lives near Seattle with his wife and three kids, one of which tolerates him. They take turns.
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First published December 14, 2014
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December 19, 2014
Review of Tony Markey’s Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love With Running
Just as it’s hard to live with a saint, Markey finds it impossible to live with a wife who is a “real” runner. The only choice left to him is to follow her example by setting himself a 30-day challenge to see if he can also become a runner, an activity he loved when a child but forsook upon his discovery of the easier and swifter bicycle, and finally the automobile, as modes of travel. Markey’s first book, Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love With Running is set up like a textbook with tables of content and photographs, but avoids the requisite dryness with self-deprecating one-liners, clever social commentary, and insightful philosophy on just about any topic a reader can imagine. This author has a non-stop brain in a body that is loathe to keep up.
While extolling the virtues of running: improved health, weight loss, increased self-esteem, he laments its hype with commentary such as: Runner's high? This is a cruel joke they tell newbies so they'll keep running. They fool us into thinking we must just not “get it". The runner's high seems like the emperor's new clothes to me, something only the smart can see…Second wind? To me, that's like one of those political terms cooked up to make something sound better than it is, like death tax, or job creators…Let’s note here that second wind sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, like “military intelligence.” The term implies you had a first wind. That there was wind at all. I guess I’m running to try to experience the second wind before I experience my “Last gasp.”
Markey gets through his 30-day experiment, huffing and puffing, but emerges a marathon runner. This is not a marathon read. It’s quick and easy, and along the way, the scenery is good, and the company is fun. In the long haul, he has created a 210-page metaphor for the attainment of any worthwhile goal, making Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love With Running a worthwhile read.
-Linda Lee Greene, author Guardians and Other Angels; co-author Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams
Just as it’s hard to live with a saint, Markey finds it impossible to live with a wife who is a “real” runner. The only choice left to him is to follow her example by setting himself a 30-day challenge to see if he can also become a runner, an activity he loved when a child but forsook upon his discovery of the easier and swifter bicycle, and finally the automobile, as modes of travel. Markey’s first book, Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love With Running is set up like a textbook with tables of content and photographs, but avoids the requisite dryness with self-deprecating one-liners, clever social commentary, and insightful philosophy on just about any topic a reader can imagine. This author has a non-stop brain in a body that is loathe to keep up.
While extolling the virtues of running: improved health, weight loss, increased self-esteem, he laments its hype with commentary such as: Runner's high? This is a cruel joke they tell newbies so they'll keep running. They fool us into thinking we must just not “get it". The runner's high seems like the emperor's new clothes to me, something only the smart can see…Second wind? To me, that's like one of those political terms cooked up to make something sound better than it is, like death tax, or job creators…Let’s note here that second wind sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, like “military intelligence.” The term implies you had a first wind. That there was wind at all. I guess I’m running to try to experience the second wind before I experience my “Last gasp.”
Markey gets through his 30-day experiment, huffing and puffing, but emerges a marathon runner. This is not a marathon read. It’s quick and easy, and along the way, the scenery is good, and the company is fun. In the long haul, he has created a 210-page metaphor for the attainment of any worthwhile goal, making Re-Run: My 30-Day Experiment to Fall Back in Love With Running a worthwhile read.
-Linda Lee Greene, author Guardians and Other Angels; co-author Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams
December 16, 2014
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