Review- The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life
What 35 Year’s of Running Has Taught Me About Winning, Losing, Happiness, Humility, and the Human Heart.
Amby Burfoot
What 35 Year’s of Running Has Taught Me About Winning, Losing, Happiness, Humility, and the Human Heart.
Amby Burfoot
Amby Burfoot was the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon. He
started his athletic life as a bench warmer on his school basketball team. One
day the team was punished for poor play by running the cross country course. He
was able to easily outrun everyone on the team. He discovered his talent and a
life long love of running.
Burfoot is a long time editor of Runner’s World
magazine. His experience as an editor
shows in a crisply written work.
If you are expected Burfoot to share training secrets you’ll
be disappointed. What you get is something better. You get insight into the
mind of an elite runner and you are witness to his transformation into a
citizen runner who runs for the pure joy and the benefits it brings to his
life.
If you are looking for motivational quotes you will find
plenty from Burfoot and those who inspire him.
He t
I recognize my own experience when he talks about the
transcending moments we have as runners, when everything just seems right.
Burfoot views all of life’s experience through the prism of
his running. My favorite quote from the
book is “In the race to be your best, there is no losing”. In this pages of this book you will see how
Burfoot dealt with divorce, disappointment, goal setting, winning, setting
traditions, courage, children among other topics.
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Founder
& Manager Team CMT
www.run4cmt.com
Chris is
a triathlete and long distance runner. She is a three time participant of the
Boston Marathon. In 2012 she finished 2nd
at Boston in
the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs
exploded.
She has
appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint
Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open
Division Champion.
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship. She has qualified to represent TeamUSA
at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago
in 2015.
In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship. She has qualified to represent Team
In 2014 she represented the U.S.
as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas , Texas
She
travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.
She is
the author of the book, “Running for My Life” that details her experience as a
CMT affected athlete.
Team CMT
is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and to find a cure
for CMT. We have 163 members in 32 states. We also have members in Australia , Scotland ,
Canada , Vietnam , Turkey ,
Finland and Iran . If you
wish to join us visit our web site; www.run4cmt.com
or www.hnf-cure.org
CMT or
Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It
affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS). It is a disease of the
nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of
normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.
Symptoms
include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor
balance and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual
dexterity.
Structural
foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.
Poor
tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold
hands and feet.
Additional
symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties and hearing
loss.
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