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this book is really for existing fans of the author who are also runners. while this has occasional sparks it's overall quite dull and gives me the impression that perhaps running is quite boring as well. oh! i'm halfway through and it's short so i may as well finish. the insights aren't all that amazing, it's "writing a novel takes endurance like a marathon" and obvious things like that

“A veces, algunas personas se dirigen a los que corremos a diario para preguntarnos burlonamente si lo que pretendemos con tanto esfuerzo es vivir más. La verdad e que no creo que haya mucha gente que corra a fin de vivir más. Más bien tengo la impresión de que son más numerosos los que corren pensando: «No importa si no vivo mucho, pero, mientras viva, quiero al menos que esa vida sea plena»”

reading only up to the first chapter - as a runner who need to have an alone time myself, i could relate to murakami so much