Forest Runner

by David Pruden, Patricia Pruden (Editor)

“Forest Runner” is a semi-autobiographical story of one person’s journey through life. At the end of a life there are still mysteries. How does a life-long passion begin? Why return to the passion of youth? What childhood events instigated such passion? Was anything learned from a life of running in the woods? And finally, was the lesson worth the effort? “Forest Runner” attempts to answer these questions.This is a story about how a person transitions from youth to adulthood through his interaction with nature. In the story, each forest run or race brings with it lessons that elicit spiritual and personal growth in the protagonist. This work is the reflection of an established and experienced man who looks back and questions the value of the time he spent running amongst trees.The story is told in three story lines. The main story line is about an old man running in one of his last races of his life. The race is described by the old man acting as the narrator. This main story line serves as the framework to hold two series of flashbacks about the narrator’s interactions with forests, with running, and with his family. One series of flashbacks tells stories about non-racing events that affected the narrator and the other series of flashbacks relate lessons learned from racing in the forest. Each flashback reveals a deeper answer to the mysteries of the narrator’s life.“Forest Runner” tells how the narrator navigated the journey of life while recounting his current forest running experience. It describes this lifelong passion, how his childhood made it his passion, and what he learned from it.

429 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2019